Synonyms of archconservative

archconservative 1 of 2

adjective

as in conservative

tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions

his moderate views on social issues means that he has no chance with archconservative voters

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

archconservative

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noun

(ˌ)ärch-kən-ˈsər-və-tiv 

as in rightist

a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are

archconservatives refused to accept the new law

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conservative
• rightist
• traditionalist
• right-winger
• Tory
• reactionary
• paleoconservative
• right-wing
• neoconservative
• neocon
• conformist
• right
• bourbon
• standpatter
• Colonel Blimp
• diehard
• stuffed shirt
• square
• fuddy-duddy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberal
• leftist
• lefty
• extremist
• red
• revolutionary
• progressive
• left-winger
• revolutionist
• reformist
• reformer
• radical

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of archconservative

Adjective

Public polling heading into the election showed Reform UK, the populist party led by archconservative Nigel Farage, far and ahead as the most popular party in the country with 25% support. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 7 May 2026

His church is part of the archconservative Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, which does not believe in the separation of church and state. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026

Noun

Those two issues, in particular, women’s empowerment and agrarian reform, went over like a lead balloon with the archconservatives of the country, especially religious. — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026

Rachmaninoff has gone from being widely viewed as a musical archconservative to a protomodernist. — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023

Brat is an archconservative who knocked out an establishment Republican, but his district is changing. — Dylan Scott, Vox, 11 June 2018

Shortly after the latter’s decision came down, Pennsylvania Republicans asked Justice Samuel Alito, the archconservative who happens to be in charge of reviewing emergency appeals out of Pennsylvania, to stay the order. — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 31 Jan. 2018