| Main Entry: | radical |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who advocates significant, often extreme change |
Synonyms: |
agitator, anarchist, avant-garde, extremist, fanatic, firebrand, freethinker, iconoclast, insurgent, insurrectionist, left-winger, leftist, militant, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, objector, pacifist, progressive, rebel, reformer, renegade, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, secessionist, subversive, ultraist |
Antonyms: |
conservative, moderate |
| Main Entry: | left wing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or group favoring change |
Synonyms: |
left, left-winger, leftism, leftist, liberal, liberalism, on the left, progressive, progressiveness, progressivism, radical |
| Notes: | left wing is often considered radical or socialist, liberal or progressive - while right wing is conservative |
Antonyms: |
right wing |