| Main Entry: | mossback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | old-fashioned person |
Synonyms: |
conservative, fuddy-duddy, geezer, old fogy, old geezer, square* |
| 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: | old-timer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elderly person |
Synonyms: |
fossil, geezer, golden-ager, gramps, mossback, old dog, old hand, old soldier, senior, veteran, war-horse |
| Main Entry: | stick-in-the-mud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unadventurous person |
Synonyms: |
antediluvian, conservative, diehard, diehard, fossil, fuddy-duddy, mossback, obstinate person, old fogy, person set in ways, reactionary |
Antonyms: |
adventurer |
| Main Entry: | ultraconservative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reactionary |
Synonyms: |
Tory, bitter-ender, counterrevolutionary, die-hard, diehard, hard hat, intransigent, mossback, obscurantist, reactionist, right-winger, rightist, royalist, standpatter, traditionalist |