CENTRISTS Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

centrists

noun

plural of centrist

as in moderates

a person who holds moderate views the centrists will most likely rally behind the candidate who favors reforming the government program—not abolishing it entirely

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Recent Examples of centrists NPAs are hungry to elect centrists who believe that compromise is not a dirty word. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026 But those who stand outside of it—call them centrists, liberals, or traditional progressives—are undoubtedly the duller ones. — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026 But Bronin and Larson are ideologically similar, unlike other primaries pitting young liberals against older centrists, leaving age and experience as their primary differentiators. — Ben Binday, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2026 Both are moderates, and the race was not a proxy fight in the party’s deepening feud between progressives and centrists. — Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 23 July 2026 But the entire argument about Obama’s ties to Stevens is one that centrists relish. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 15 July 2026 The centrists, meanwhile, will likely need her to hold the National Future at bay. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026 But the Republican pollster Patrick Ruffini notes that the socialist uprising isn’t just at the expense of centrists or the establishment. — W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2026 At the same time, centrists swung against a left that had indulged its purist tendencies. — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 27 June 2026

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moderates

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Party strategists say the calendar will spotlight unions, Southern Black voters and swing states worth 43 electoral votes, requiring progressives and moderates to tailor messages and campaign efficiently.

— Mike Catalini, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
The Democratic National Committee is expected to vote on Saturday to approve the new order of states for the 2028 presidential nominating process as progressives and moderates grapple over the party's direction in the midterms.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

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