| Main Entry: | diehard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overenthusiastic person |
Synonyms: |
Bourbon, Tory, bitter ender, dyed-in-the-wool, extremist, fanatic, fogy, fundamentalist, intransigent, mossback, old liner, praetorian, pullback, reactionary, right, right-winger, rightist, standpat, standpatter, stick-in-the-mud, true blue, ultraconservative, zealot |
| Main Entry: | bigot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intolerant, prejudiced person |
Synonyms: |
chauvinist, diehard, doctrinaire, dogmatist, enthusiast, extremist, fanatic, fiend, maniac, monomaniac, opinionated person, partisan, persecutor, puritan, racist, sectarian, segregationist, sexist, stickler, superpatriot, zealot |
Antonyms: |
humanitarian, liberal, tolerator |
| Main Entry: | conservative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cautious, moderate, tending to preserve the status quo |
Synonyms: |
Tory, bourgeois, constant, controlled, conventional, die-hard, fearful, firm, fogyish, fuddy-duddy, guarded, hard hat, hidebound, holding to, illiberal, in a rut, inflexible, middle-of-the-road, not extreme, obstinate, old guard, old line, orthodox, quiet, reactionary, redneck, right, right of center, right-wing, sober, stable, steady, timid, traditional, traditionalistic, unchangeable, unchanging, uncreative, undaring, unimaginative, unprogressive, white bread |
Antonyms: |
exaggerated, incautious, left-wing, liberal, progressive, radical |
| Main Entry: | conservative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is cautious, moderate; an opponent of change |
Synonyms: |
Tory, bitter-ender, classicist, conserver, conventionalist, diehard, hard hat, middle-of-the-roader, moderate, moderatist, obstructionist, old guard, old liner, preserver, reactionary, redneck, right, right-winger, rightist, silk-stocking, standpat, stick-in-the-mud, traditionalist, unprogressive |
Antonyms: |
left-winger, liberal, progressive, radical |
| Main Entry: | die-hard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncompromising |
Synonyms: |
Philistine, Tory, conservative, convinced, dyed-in-the-wool, extremist, firm, fogyish, immovable, inflexible, intransigent, old-line, orthodox, reactionary, right, standpat, traditionalistic, ultraconservative, unreconstructed |
Antonyms: |
compromising, conceding, flexible |
| Main Entry: | dyed-in-the-wool |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep-rooted |
Synonyms: |
absolute, complete, confirmed, congenital, deep-down, deep-dyed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deeply ingrained, die-hard, entrenched, fixed, full-fledged, genuine, hardened, infixed, ingrained, instilled, long-standing, out and out, thorough, thoroughgoing, through and through, to the core, to the core, true, unchangeable, uncompromising, utter, well-established |
| Main Entry: | establishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ruling class; bureaucracy |
Synonyms: |
Old Guard, authority, city hall, conservatives, diehards, established order, powers that be, the system, them |
Antonyms: |
proletariat |
| Main Entry: | extremist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person zealous about a belief |
Synonyms: |
agitator, die-hard, fanatic, radical, revolutionary, revolutionist, ultra, ultraist, zealot |
Antonyms: |
conservative, moderate |
| Main Entry: | hard-core |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dedicated |
Synonyms: |
determined, devoted, die-hard, dyed-in-the-wool, explicit, extreme, faithful, intransigent, obstinate, resolute, rigid, staunch, steadfast, stubborn, uncompromising, unwaivering, unyielding |
Antonyms: |
indulgent, mild, moderate, soft-core, tolerant, undedicated |
| Main Entry: | orthodox |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accepted, traditional |
Synonyms: |
according to the book, acknowledged, admitted, approved, authoritative, buttoned-down, by the numbers, canonical, conformist, conservative, conventional, correct, customary, devout, die-hard, doctrinal, established, in line, legitimate, official, old-line, pious, proper, punctilious, reactionary, received, recognized, religious, right, rightful, sanctioned, sound, square, standard, straight, straight arrow, traditionalistic, true, well-established |
Antonyms: |
heterodox, unconventional, unorthodox, untraditional |