Communism will never be reached in my lifetime.
Source: tatoeba (1532)
Communism
/[ˈkɑ.mju.nɪ.zm̩]/
Synonyms for "communism" (125 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (38)
communist information bureaucommunist partycommunitarianismcommunitycomplicityconcertconcordconcordanceconcurrenceconstitutionalismcooperationcooperative societycooperativenessdemocracydemocratic centralismdemocratismdialectical materialismduetduumvirateecumenicalism
Show 13 more words
ecumenicismecumenismespritesprit de corpsfascismfederalismfellow feelingfellowshipfeudalismfeudalitygovernmentalismharmonyimperialism
Related words (62)
iron curtainjoining of forcesjoint effortjoint operationkibbutzkolkhozmaoismmarxian socialismmarxismmarxism-leninismmass actionmonarchismmoralemutual assistancemutualismmutualitynational socialismnazismneofascismoctet
Show 35 more words
parliamentarianismparliamentarismpluralismpolitical principlespoolingpooling of resourcesprofit sharingpublic ownershippulling togetherquartetquintetreciprocityrepublicanismrevisionismroyalismseptetsextetsharecroppingsocialismsolidaritystalinismstate ownershipstatismsymbiosissynergismsynergyteam spiritteamworktitoismtown meetingtriotriumviratetroikatrotskyismunited action
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: anarchism, bipartisanship, bolshevism, castroism, centralism.
- Sentence evidence is available for communism, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from derived_reverse, moby, opengloss.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "communism".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "communism"
Keep "communism" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "communism" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "communism", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "communism" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
14 entrieseconomic idealeconomic systemgovernance frameworkideaideologyphilosophypolitical orientationpolitical systempolitical theorysocial theorysocialismsocialist economystate structurevision
More specific
11 entriesMarxist Leninist statesclass analysisdemocratic communismeconomic determinismhistorical materialismorthodox communismprimitive communismproletarian dictatorshipscientific socialismstate socialismutopian communism
Collocations
6 entriesMarxist theorycentral planningclassless societycommon ownershipcommunist partycommunist state
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
134 translations across 112 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- kommunisme noun (ideology/philosophy)
Albanian
1 entries- komunizëm noun (ideology/philosophy)
Amharic
1 entries- ኰሙኒስም noun (ideology/philosophy)
Arabic
2 entries- شيوعية noun (ideology/philosophy)
- شُيُوعِيَّة noun (ideology/philosophy)
Aragonese
1 entries- comunismo noun (ideology/philosophy)
Armenian
2 entries- կոմունիզմ noun (ideology/philosophy)
- համայնատիրություն noun (ideology/philosophy)
Assamese
1 entries- সাম্যবাদ noun (ideology/philosophy)
Asturian
1 entries- comunismu noun (ideology/philosophy)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- kommunizm noun (ideology/philosophy)
Basque
1 entries- komunismo noun (ideology/philosophy)
Belarusian
1 entries- камуні́зм noun (ideology/philosophy)
Bengali
2 entries- কমিউনিজম noun (ideology/philosophy)
- সাম্যবাদ noun (ideology/philosophy)
Bulgarian
1 entries- комуни́зъм noun (ideology/philosophy)
Burmese
2 entries- ကွန်မြူနစ်စနစ် noun (ideology/philosophy)
- ကွန်မြူနစ်ဝါဒ noun (ideology/philosophy)
Catalan
1 entries- comunisme noun (ideology/philosophy)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- کۆمۆنیزم noun (ideology/philosophy)
Chinese
1 entries- 共產主義 /共产主义 noun (ideology/philosophy)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 共產主義 /共产主义 noun (ideology/philosophy)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 共產主義 /共产主义 noun (ideology/philosophy)
Corsican
1 entries- cumunismu noun (ideology/philosophy)
Czech
1 entries- komunismus noun (ideology/philosophy)
Danish
1 entries- kommunisme noun (ideology/philosophy)
Dutch
1 entries- communisme noun (ideology/philosophy)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 共產主義 /共产主义 noun (ideology/philosophy)
Esperanto
1 entries- komunismo noun (ideology/philosophy)
Estonian
1 entries- kommunism noun (ideology/philosophy)
Faroese
1 entries- kommunisma noun (ideology/philosophy)
Finnish
1 entries- kommunismi noun (ideology/philosophy)
French
1 entries- communisme noun (ideology/philosophy)
Galician
1 entries- comunismo noun (ideology/philosophy)
Georgian
1 entries- კომუნიზმი noun (ideology/philosophy)
German
1 entries- Kommunismus noun (ideology/philosophy)
Greek
1 entries- κομμουνισμός noun (ideology/philosophy)
Greenlandic
1 entries- kommunistiussuseq noun (ideology/philosophy)
Gujarati
1 entries- સામ્યવાદ noun (ideology/philosophy)
Hebrew
1 entries- קוֹמוּנִיזְם noun (ideology/philosophy)
Hindi
3 entries- कम्युनिज़म noun (ideology/philosophy)
- समानतावाद noun (ideology/philosophy)
- साम्यवाद noun (ideology/philosophy)
Hungarian
1 entries- kommunizmus noun (ideology/philosophy)
Icelandic
1 entries- kommúnismi noun (ideology/philosophy)
Ido
1 entries- komunismo noun (ideology/philosophy)
Indonesian
1 entries- komunisme noun (ideology/philosophy)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- کُمونیسْم noun (ideology/philosophy)
Irish
1 entries- cumannachas noun (ideology/philosophy)
Italian
1 entries- comunismo noun (ideology/philosophy)
Japanese
1 entries- 共産主義 noun (ideology/philosophy)
Kannada
1 entries- ಸಾಮ್ಯವಾದ noun (ideology/philosophy)
Kazakh
1 entries- коммунизм noun (ideology/philosophy)
Khmer
2 entries- កុម្មុយនិស្តនិយម noun (ideology/philosophy)
- លទ្ធិកុម្មុយនិស្ត noun (ideology/philosophy)
Korean
1 entries- 공산주의 noun (ideology/philosophy)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- коммунизм noun (ideology/philosophy)
Lao
1 entries- ລັດທິຄອມມູນິດ noun (ideology/philosophy)
Latin
1 entries- communismus noun (ideology/philosophy)
Latvian
1 entries- komunisms noun (ideology/philosophy)
Lingala
1 entries- komynisimɛ noun (ideology/philosophy)
Lithuanian
1 entries- komunizmas noun (ideology/philosophy)
Low German
1 entries- Kommunismus noun (ideology/philosophy)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Kommunismus noun (ideology/philosophy)
Macedonian
1 entries- комуни́зам noun (ideology/philosophy)
Malagasy
2 entries- kominisma noun (ideology/philosophy)
- komonisma noun (ideology/philosophy)
Malay
2 entries- faham komunis noun (ideology/philosophy)
- komunisme noun (ideology/philosophy)
Malayalam
2 entries- കമ്യൂണിസം noun (ideology/philosophy)
- സാമ്യവാദം noun (ideology/philosophy)
Maltese
1 entries- komuniżmu noun (ideology/philosophy)
Manx
1 entries- cummynys noun (ideology/philosophy)
Marathi
1 entries- साम्यवाद noun (ideology/philosophy)
Mongolian
4 entries- коммунизм noun (ideology/philosophy)
- эв хамт ёс noun (ideology/philosophy)
- ᠡᠪ ᠬᠠᠮᠲᠤ ᠶᠣᠰᠤ noun (ideology/philosophy)
- ᠺᠣᠮᠮᠦ᠋ᠨᠢᠰᠮ noun (ideology/philosophy)
Māori
2 entries- angatōpū noun (ideology/philosophy)
- whiwhingatahitanga noun (ideology/philosophy)
Nepali
1 entries- साम्यवाद noun (ideology/philosophy)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- komûnîzm noun (ideology/philosophy)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kommunisme noun (ideology/philosophy)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kommunisme noun (ideology/philosophy)
Occitan
1 entries- comunisme noun (ideology/philosophy)
Odia
1 entries- ସାମ୍ଯବାଦ noun (ideology/philosophy)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قومونیزم noun (ideology/philosophy)
Pashto
1 entries- کمونيزم noun (ideology/philosophy)
Polish
1 entries- komunizm noun (ideology/philosophy)
Portuguese
1 entries- comunismo noun (ideology/philosophy)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਸਾਮਵਾਦ noun (ideology/philosophy)
Quechua
1 entries- kumunismu noun (ideology/philosophy)
Romanian
1 entries- comunism noun (ideology/philosophy)
Russian
1 entries- коммуни́зм noun (ideology/philosophy)
Sardinian
1 entries- comunismu noun (ideology/philosophy)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- co-mhaoineas noun (ideology/philosophy)
- comannachd noun (ideology/philosophy)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- komunìzam noun (ideology/philosophy)
- комунѝзам noun (ideology/philosophy)
Sicilian
1 entries- cumunismu noun (ideology/philosophy)
Sinhalese
1 entries- සමසමාජවාදය noun (ideology/philosophy)
Slovak
1 entries- komunizmus noun (ideology/philosophy)
Slovene
1 entries- komunizem noun (ideology/philosophy)
Spanish
1 entries- comunismo noun (ideology/philosophy)
Swahili
1 entries- ukomunisti noun (ideology/philosophy)
Swedish
1 entries- kommunism noun (ideology/philosophy)
Tagalog
2 entries- kalamaan noun (ideology/philosophy)
- komunismo noun (ideology/philosophy)
Tajik
1 entries- коммунизм noun (ideology/philosophy)
Tamil
2 entries- கம்யூனிசம் noun (ideology/philosophy)
- பொதுவுடைமை noun (ideology/philosophy)
Tatar
1 entries- коммунизм noun (ideology/philosophy)
Telugu
1 entries- సామ్యవాదము noun (ideology/philosophy)
Thai
1 entries- ลัทธิคอมมิวนิสต์ noun (ideology/philosophy)
Tibetan
2 entries- གུང་ཁྲན་རིང་ལུགས noun (ideology/philosophy)
- དམར་པོའི་རིང་ལུགས noun (ideology/philosophy)
Turkish
2 entries- komünistlik noun (ideology/philosophy)
- komünizm noun (ideology/philosophy)
Turkmen
1 entries- kommunizm noun (ideology/philosophy)
Tuvan
1 entries- коммунизм noun (ideology/philosophy)
Ukrainian
1 entries- комуні́зм noun (ideology/philosophy)
Urdu
2 entries- اِشْتِمالِیَت noun (ideology/philosophy)
- کَمْیُونِزْم noun (ideology/philosophy)
Uyghur
1 entries- كوممۇنىزم noun (ideology/philosophy)
Uzbek
1 entries- kommunizm noun (ideology/philosophy)
Venetan
1 entries- comunismo noun (ideology/philosophy)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chủ nghĩa cộng sản noun (ideology/philosophy)
Volapük
1 entries- kobädim noun (ideology/philosophy)
Welsh
1 entries- comiwnyddiaeth noun (ideology/philosophy)
West-Frisian
1 entries- kommunisme noun (ideology/philosophy)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 共產主義 /共产主义 noun (ideology/philosophy)
Yiddish
1 entries- קאָמוניזם noun (ideology/philosophy)
Zhuang
2 entries- gungcanj cujyi noun (ideology/philosophy)
- gungcanjcujyi noun (ideology/philosophy)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Communism is the system practiced in the Soviet Union.
Source: tatoeba (19258)
Communism was the political system in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but that stopped in 1993.
Source: tatoeba (19259)
In communism, the means of production are owned by the state.
Source: tatoeba (19260)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "communism"?
Closest matches include anarchism, bipartisanship, bolshevism, castroism, centralism.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "communism"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.