hidebound

hide·bound

adjective \ˈhīd-ˌbau̇nd\

Definition of HIDEBOUND

1

of a domestic animal : having a dry skin lacking in pliancy and adhering closely to the underlying flesh

2

: having an inflexible or ultraconservative character

Examples of HIDEBOUND

1. <the hidebound innkeeper refused to see the need for a Web site, insisting that the inn had done without one for over 150 years>

First Known Use of HIDEBOUND

1603

Related to HIDEBOUND

Synonyms

archconservative, brassbound, button-down (or buttoned-down), die-hard, conservative, mossbacked, old-fashioned, old-line, old-school, orthodox, paleoconservative, reactionary, standpat, traditional, traditionalistic, ultraconservative, unprogressive

Antonyms

broad-minded, large-minded, liberal, nonconservative, nonconventional, nonorthodox, nontraditional, open-minded, progressive, unconventional, unorthodox

Related Words

conventional, square; devoted, faithful, loyal, staunch (also stanch), steadfast, steady, true, true-blue; blimpish, neoconservative, Tory, ultraright, ultrarightist; dowdy, fogyish (or fogeyish), fuddy-duddy, ossified, set, stodgy; right, right-wing; antiliberal, antimodern, antiprogressive, antireform, antirevolutionary

Near Antonyms

anticonventional, antiestablishment, antitraditional, extremist, radical, revolutionary; nonconformist; advanced, contemporary, modern; lefty, radical, ultraleft, ultraleftist, ultraprogressive, ultraradical

Other Animal Husbandry Terms

apiary, bantam, calico, girth, hogwash, mast, rut

Rhymes with HIDEBOUND

abound, aground, around, astound, background, bloodhound, boozehound, brassbound, break ground, campground, chowhound, clothbound, come round, compound, confound, coonhound, deerhound, deskbound, dumbfound, earthbound, eastbound, elkhound, expound, fairground, fogbound, foot-pound, foreground, foxhound, gain ground, go-round, greyhound, half-bound, hardbound, hellhound, high ground, homebound, horehound, housebound, icebound, impound, inbound, ironbound, lose ground, newfound, newshound, northbound, outbound, playground, pot-bound, profound, propound, rebound, redound, renowned, resound, rockbound, rock hound, scent hound, sight hound, sleuthhound, smooth hound, snowbound, softbound, southbound, spellbound, staghound, stone-ground, stormbound, strikebound, surround, to ground, top round, unbound, unround, unsound, well-found, westbound, wolfhound, year-round

hide·bound

adjective \ˈhīd-ˌbau̇nd\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of HIDEBOUND

1

: having a dry skin lacking in pliancy and adhering closely to the underlying flesh—used of domestic animals

2

: having scleroderma—used of human beings