COLONEL BLIMP Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

Colonel Blimp

noun

-ˈblimp

Definition of Colonel Blimp

as in conservative

a person with old-fashioned ideas felt like a Colonel Blimp when it came to how his grandchildren communicated with each other

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Recent Examples of Colonel Blimp In Zac’s report, Schoonmaker addressed Powell’s legendary filmmaking partnership with Emeric Pressburger, which spawned films such as The Red Shoes, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and Black Narcissus. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Although tech giants and some unions support data center development, many people oppose it, and conservatives and progressives share that opposition.

— Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Pro-natalist conservatives have cited the decrease in women deciding to have children as a kind of modern self-absorption and evidence of the failures of feminism.

— Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of conservative

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Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Prediction market exchange Polymarket has hired a near three-decade Goldman Sachs veteran to help lead its push to attract Wall Street liquidity.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
This year’s recipients were selected by a committee comprising Lee, veteran filmmaker Yoji Yamada, cinematographer Akiko Ashizawa and TIFF Programming Director Shozo Ichiyama.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

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The outcome of the case could impact scores of similar lawsuits brought by states and localities against fossil-fuel producers alleging violations of state law.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Along with So, Kohlberg and Sefcovic are all part of a lab group run by Arjan Mann, the Field’s assistant curator of fossil fishes and early tetrapods in the Negaunee Integrative Research Center.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026

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