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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncompromising |
| Synonyms: | Philistine, Tory, conservative, convinced, dyed-in-the-wool, extremist, firm, fogyish, immovable, inflexible, intransigent, old-line, orthodox, reactionary, right, standpat, traditionalistic, ultraconservative, unreconstructed |
| Antonyms: | compromising, conceding, flexible |
| Main Entry: | dyed-in-the-wool |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep-rooted |
| Synonyms: | absolute, complete, confirmed, congenital, deep-down, deep-dyed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deeply ingrained, die-hard, entrenched, fixed, full-fledged, genuine, hardened, infixed, ingrained, instilled, long-standing, out and out, thorough, thoroughgoing, through and through, to the core, to the core, true, unchangeable, uncompromising, utter, well-established |
| Main Entry: | extremist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person zealous about a belief |
| Synonyms: | agitator, die-hard, fanatic, radical, revolutionary, revolutionist, ultra, ultraist, zealot |
| Antonyms: | conservative, moderate |
| Main Entry: | hard-core |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dedicated |
| Synonyms: | determined, devoted, die-hard, dyed-in-the-wool, explicit, extreme, faithful, intransigent, obstinate, resolute, rigid, staunch, steadfast, stubborn, uncompromising, unwaivering, unyielding |
| Antonyms: | indulgent, mild, moderate, soft-core, tolerant, undedicated |
| Main Entry: | orthodox |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accepted, traditional |
| Synonyms: | according to the book, acknowledged, admitted, approved, authoritative, buttoned-down, by the numbers, canonical, conformist, conservative, conventional, correct, customary, devout, die-hard, doctrinal, established, in line, legitimate, official, old-line, pious, proper, punctilious, reactionary, received, recognized, religious, right, rightful, sanctioned, sound, square, standard, straight, straight arrow, traditionalistic, true, well-established |
| Antonyms: | heterodox, unconventional, unorthodox, untraditional |
| Main Entry: | reactionary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conservative |
| Synonyms: | counterrevolutionary, die-hard, obscurantist, old-line, orthodox, regressive, retrogressive, right, rightist, rigid, standpat, tory, traditional, traditionalistic |
| Antonyms: | liberal, progressive, radical |
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conservative politically |
| Synonyms: | die-hard, old-line, orthodox, reactionary, right wing, traditionalistic |
| Notes: | right means free from error or correct in opinion or judgment; a wright is someone who makes, builds, or repairs something |
| Antonyms: | left |
| Main Entry: | true-blue |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest and faithful |
| Synonyms: | allegiant, ardent, behind one, dedicated, dependable, devoted, die-hard, dutiful, faithful, faithful, firm, genuine, hard-core, honorable, in good faith, loyal, loyal, patriotic, staunch, steadfast, sure, tried, tried and true, tried-and-true, trustworthy, trusty, truthful, upright |
| Main Entry: | incompliant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | adamant, adamantine, balky, brassbound, bullheaded, cantankerous, contumacious, cussed, determined, die-hard, dogged, firm, fixed, grim, hardheaded, headstrong, implacable, inexorable, inflexible, insubordinate, intractable, intransigent, iron, mule, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ornery*, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, remorseless, rigid, self-willed, set in one's ways, single-minded, steadfast, stiff-necked, tenacious, tough*, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unmanageable, unreasonable, unrelenting, unshakable, untoward, unyielding, willful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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