'left wing' definitions:
Definition of 'left wing'
From: WordNet
noun
Those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare [syn: left, left wing]
Definition of 'left wing'
From: GCIDE
- left wing \left wing\ n. Those trying to reform the established order, particularly in political matters, to enhance the condition of the common people; -- sometimes applied to those advocating overthrow of an existing government by radical means.
- Syn: left, left wing, leftists, political left. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'left wing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- cantorial side,
- counterclockwise,
- Gospel side,
- larboard,
- left,
- left hand,
- left of center,
- left-hand,
- left-hand side,
- left-winger,
- left-wingish,
- leftism,
- leftist,
- levorotatory,
- liberal,
- liberalism,
- liberalist,
- liberalistic,
- near,
- near side,
- nigh,
- on the left,
- port,
- port tack,
- portside,
- progressive,
- progressivism,
- progressivistic,
- radical,
- sinister,
- sinistral,
- sinistrocerebral,
- sinistrocular,
- sinistrogyrate,
- sinistrorse,
- verso,
- wrong side