| Main Entry: | unprogressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | with outdated ideas |
Synonyms: |
arrested, backward, behind, checked, conservative, delayed, dense, dull, feeble-minded, imbecile, late, moronic, reactionary, stupid*, subnormal, underdeveloped, underprivileged, undeveloped |
| 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: | right-wing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conservative politically |
Synonyms: |
conservative, conventional, reactionary, rightist, ultra-conservative, unprogressive |
Antonyms: |
left-wing, radical |
| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | behind, late |
Synonyms: |
backward, behindhand, belated, conservative, dead, delayed, detained, dilatory, down, draggy, dull, gradual, hindered, impeded, inactive, lingering, long-delayed, long-drawn-out, low, moderate, off, overdue, prolonged, protracted, reduced, slack, sleepy, sluggish, stagnant, stiff, tame, tardy, tedious, time-consuming, uneventful, unproductive, unprogressive, unpunctual |
Antonyms: |
on cue, on time, ready, waiting |
| Main Entry: | undeveloped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immature |
Synonyms: |
abortive, backward, behindhand, embryonic, half-baked, ignored, inchoate, incipient, inexperienced, latent, potential, primitive, primordial, unactualized, underdeveloped, unevolved, unprogressive, untaught, untrained |
Antonyms: |
adult, developed, grown, mature |
| Main Entry: | old school |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earliest way of doing things |
Synonyms: |
backward-looking, conforming, conservative, earlier generation, leftovers, old line, old-fashioned, past, traditional, unprogressive |
| Main Entry: | right-winger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conservative |
Synonyms: |
Tory, bitter-ender, classicist, conserver, conventionalist, diehard, hard hat, middle-of-the-roader, moderate, moderatist, obstructionist, old guard, old liner, orthodox, preserver, reactionary, redneck, right, rightist, silk-stocking, standpat, stick-in-the-mud, traditionalist, unprogressive |
| Main Entry: | rightist |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conservative |
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, traditionalist, traditionalistic, unchangeable, unchanging, uncreative, undaring, unimaginative, unprogressive, white bread |
| Main Entry: | rightist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conservative |
Synonyms: |
Tory, bitter-ender, classicist, conserver, conventionalist, diehard, hard hat, middle-of-the-roader, moderate, moderatist, obstructionist, old guard, old liner, orthodox, preserver, reactionary, redneck, right, right-winger, silk-stocking, standpat, stick-in-the-mud, traditionalist, unprogressive |