bolshevik
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Bolshevik¹
- /ˈbɒlʃəvɪk/ UK
- /ˈboʊlʃəvɪk/ US
- /ˈbɑl-/ US
- /ˈbol-/ US
- /ˈbɔl-/ US
Rhymes with -ɒlʃəvɪk, -əʊlʃəvɪk
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), from большинство́ (bolʹšinstvó, “majority”).
noun Bolsheviks · Bolsheviki · bolshevik
- A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917. Мы, большевики, утверждаем, что на нашей стороне большинство настоящих, русских, партийных деятелей.
- A member of the Communist Party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
bolshevik²
noun bolsheviks · bolsheviki
- Alternative form of Bolshevik
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bolshevist, bolshevistic, marxist, pinko, red, hatch, trapping, trap, traps, trappe, communist, leninist, revolutionary, radical, insurgent, socialist
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noun a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which seized power in the October Revolution of 1917
| Español | bolchevique |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 볼셰비키 bolsyebiki |
| 日本語 | ボリシェヴィキ borisheviki |
| 中文 | 布爾什維克 /布尔什维克 bù'ěrshíwéikè |
| हिन्दी | बोलशेविक bolśevik |
| Português | bolchevique |
| Français | bolchevik, bolchévique, bolchevique |
| Deutsch | Bolschewik, Bolschewikin, Bolschewist, Bolschewistin |
| Italiano | bolscevico, bolscevica |
| Ελληνικά | μπολσεβίκος bolsevíkos |
| Română | bolșevic |
| Русский | большеви́к bolʹševík, большеви́чка bolʹševíčka |
| Tiếng Việt | Bôn-sê-vích, bôn-sê-vích |
| العربية | بُلْشِفِيك bulšifīk, بُلْشِفِيّ bulšifiyy, بُلْشِفِيَّة bulšifiyya |
Talk about this word "bolshevik." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bolshevik. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bolshevik. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bolshevik "bolshevik." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bolshevik.Cite this
@misc{bolshevik_2026,
title = {bolshevik},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bolshevik},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
