EXTREMISTS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

extremists

noun

plural of extremist

as in revolutionaries

a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government extremists wanted to do away with everything, even though they had no thought-out plan for what to do afterwards

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Recent Examples of extremists When Israeli extremists arrived in Qusra to force Palestinians from their homes, residents hoped the Israel Defense Forces would come to their aid. — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2026 Extremists can win blue states, but presidential elections and congressional control are decided in purple states, and America will not elect extremists and socialists. — Andrew Cuomo, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 Israel cannot continue with Bibi, Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, the other two extremists in the Knesset. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026 Beirich's arrest is the latest in the DOJ's case against the civil rights group long seen as an essential foil to the Ku Klux Klan and which historically worked with federal authorities to build cases against extremists. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 The event’s description and choice of speakers showed overlapping anti-government narratives used to garner sympathy for leftist and Islamic extremists alike. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026 Swatting is just one criminal element associated with 764, which federal authorities have characterized as a network of nihilistic violent extremists. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026 Sadat was killed by Muslim extremists who were displeased with Sadat’s foreign and domestic policies. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026 The following day, the state added him to its official register of terrorists and extremists, a designation that obliges Russian banks to freeze his assets. — Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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To make matters worse, ten days later, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Huey Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, published a statement supporting the women’s and gay liberation movements as fellow revolutionaries.

— USA Today, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

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During the nineteenth century, an older form of abolitionism was led by Black radicals.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
In the early days of the republic, there were many radicals and reformers who shared my suspicion that patriotism was an evasion, substituting songs and speeches about liberty for the reality.

— Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026

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