Meaning of Commie | Babel Free
ˈkɒ.miDefinitions
- A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.
- A Communist.
- A Commodore computer.
- A Holden Commodore.
- A commercial vehicle.
- Synonym of anticapitalist.
Equivalents
Examples
“Hell, I'd rather talk with a commie than ever meet Catherine in a café.”
““Jack Kennedy′s one commie,” he said, “and tonight maybe they′ll elect him President, and we′ll all get killed. You know.””
“1966 June, Jack Burris, Fiction: Judah′s a Two-Way Street Running Out, Black World: Negro Digest, page 67, “Why, them dirty commies, of course. They′re the ones startin′ all this fuss anyway. Them cotton-pickin′ niggers wasn′t causin′ no trouble until them Yankee commies started in.””
“The commies claim they are helping the blacks.”
“"I heard Winnie the Pooh was like garlic to a vampire to the Chinese commies," he said. "Popular arts and music, poetry, dancing and singing is a threat to those in power, and I'm really trying to bring back that rock-and-roll rebellious spirit into music, you know."”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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