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| Main Entry: | rightist |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conservative |
| Synonyms: | bourgeois, constant, controlled, conventional, die-hard*, fearful, firm, fuddy-duddy*, guarded, hard hat*, hidebound, illiberal, inflexible, middle-of-the-road*, obstinate, old guard*, orthodox, quiet, reactionary, redneck*, right, right-wing, sober, stable, steady, timid, traditional, traditionalist, traditionalistic, unchangeable, unchanging, uncreative, unimaginative, unprogressive, Tory*, fogyish*, holding to, in a rut*, not extreme, old line*, right of center*, undaring, white bread* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rightist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conservative |
| Synonyms: | diehard, hard hat*, moderate, old guard*, orthodox, reactionary, redneck*, right, right-winger, stick-in-the-mud*, traditionalist, unprogressive, Tory*, bitter-ender*, classicist, conserver, conventionalist, middle-of-the-roader*, moderatist, obstructionist, old liner*, preserver, silk-stocking*, standpat* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conservative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is cautious, moderate; an opponent of change |
| Synonyms: | diehard, hard hat, moderate, old guard*, reactionary, redneck*, right, stick-in-the-mud*, Tory, bitter-ender, classicist, conserver, conventionalist, middle-of-the-roader, moderatist, obstructionist, old liner, preserver, right-winger, rightist, silk-stocking, standpat, traditionalist, unprogressive |
| Antonyms: | liberal, progressive, radical, left-winger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diehard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overenthusiastic person |
| Synonyms: | dyed-in-the-wool*, extremist, fanatic, intransigent, mossback*, reactionary, right, stick-in-the-mud*, zealot, Bourbon, Tory, bitter ender, fogy, fundamentalist, old liner, praetorian, pullback, right-winger, rightist, standpat, standpatter, true blue, ultraconservative |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reactionary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conservative |
| Synonyms: | die-hard*, orthodox, right, rigid, traditional, counterrevolutionary, obscurantist, old-line, regressive, retrogressive, rightist, standpat, tory, traditionalistic |
| Antonyms: | liberal, progressive, radical |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reactionary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is politically conservative |
| Synonyms: | diehard*, hard hat, intransigent, Tory, bitter-ender, counterrevolutionary, obscurantist, reactionist, right-winger, rightist, royalist, standpatter, traditionalist, ultraconservative |
| Antonyms: | liberal, progressive, radical |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | right-wing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conservative politically |
| Synonyms: | conservative, conventional, reactionary, rightist, ultra-conservative, unprogressive |
| Antonyms: | left-wing, radical |
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