standpatter

[stand-pat-er, -pat-] / ˈstændˈpæt ər, -ˌpæt- /

NOUN

die-hard/diehard

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fanatic fundamentalist zealot

STRONG

extremist pullback reactionary right-winger rightist stick-in-the-mud ultraconservative

WEAK

bitter-ender intransigent mossback old liner standpat true-blue

NOUN

reactionary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

archconservative right-winger rightist traditionalist

STRONG

counterrevolutionary royalist ultraconservative

WEAK

bitter-ender die-hard fogy hard hat old fogy reactionist

Antonyms

WEAK

liberal progressive radical

NOUN

ultraconservative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

reactionary

STRONG

counterrevolutionary die-hard right-winger rightist traditionalist

WEAK

Tory bitter-ender hard hat reactionist royalist

Example Sentences

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White is a progressive; Mason is a standpatter.

From Project Gutenberg

Every man in the world must be in some respect a standpatter.

From Project Gutenberg

No standpatter, Senator McNary has placed himself adroitly half way between the Republican archconservatives and the Republican insurgents.

From Time Magazine Archive

Give 'em an inch and they'll take a mile, runs the old standpatter against liberalizing practically anything.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Standpatter, paying lip service to common humanity, makes a mock of his words by his court of special classes.

From Time Magazine Archive

standpatter

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