Synonyms of fuddy-duddy

fuddy-duddy 1 of 2

noun

ˈfə-dē-ˌdə-dē 

as in conservative

a person with old-fashioned ideas

a fuddy-duddy who thought that anyone too young to vote shouldn't be out past 8:00 p.m.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conservative
• veteran
• fogy
• stick-in-the-mud
• fossil
• reactionary
• antediluvian
• Colonel Blimp
• stuffed shirt
• mossback
• dodo
• Tory
• fud
• rightist
• old hand
• mandarin
• old-timer
• old maid

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modern
• trendy
• hipster
• liberal
• progressive
• radical

fuddy-duddy

2 of 2

adjective

as in stodgy

Related Words

• stodgy
• dowdy
• ossified
• neoconservative
• Tory
• right-wing
• fogyish
• ultraright
• staunch
• true-blue
• ultrarightist
• loyal
• faithful
• set
• blimpish
• steadfast
• old-fashioned
• reactionary
• antimodern
• conventional
• devoted
• old-school
• right
• hidebound
• conservative
• antiliberal
• unprogressive
• old-line
• traditional
• ultraconservative
• steady
• traditionalistic
• square
• antirevolutionary
• orthodox
• antiprogressive
• true
• archconservative
• die-hard
• standpat
• antireform
• paleoconservative
• button-down
• mossbacked
• brassbound

Dissimilar Words

• liberal
• progressive
• nontraditional
• unconventional
• radical
• revolutionary
• unorthodox
• nonconservative
• extremist
• broad-minded
• nonconventional
• open-minded
• antiestablishment
• modern
• nonconformist
• contemporary
• large-minded
• advanced
• nonorthodox
• antitraditional
• anticonventional
• lefty
• ultraleft
• ultraradical
• ultraleftist
• ultraprogressive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fuddy-duddy

Noun

How consumers -- especially younger drinkers -- answer them will determine whether an industry long defined by fuddy-duddy pretense can find its footing in 2026 and beyond. — ABC News, 22 June 2026

In the years that followed, American landscape painting was shuffled off to storage to make room for modernism, and paintings like Church’s, with their glassy finishes and profuse detail, came to seem the embodiment of fuddy-duddy. — Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 13 June 2026

For someone who’s constantly on speakerphone, Tommy sure is a fuddy-duddy about using it correctly. — William Earl, Variety, 30 Nov. 2025

To some, Superman is a fuddy-duddy in a cape. — Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 9 July 2025

The good news is that for every fuddy-duddy like myself who can’t seem to get on board with crowdfunding kids’ lives, there are twice as many generous, kind-hearted individuals willing to give a little—or a lot—toward schools, sports, and charities. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Feb. 2024