die-hard

Main Entry:
die-hard [dahy-hahrd]
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
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