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| Main Entry: | traditionalist |
| 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, rightist*, sober, stable, steady, timid, traditional, 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: | traditionalist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conservative |
| Synonyms: | diehard, hard hat*, moderate, old guard*, orthodox, reactionary, redneck*, right, right-winger, rightist*, stick-in-the-mud*, 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: | conformist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in agreement |
| Synonyms: | bourgeois, follower, rubber stamp*, yes man, Babbit, brick in a wall, conventionalist, emulator, one of the herd, sheep*, traditionalist |
* = 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: | 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: | square |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is old-fashioned, conventional |
| Synonyms: | antediluvian, conservative, diehard*, fuddy-duddy*, reactionary, stick-in-the-mud*, traditionalist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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