Synonyms and Antonyms of brassbound
1
not allowing for any exceptions or loosening of standards
- a person of brassbound honesty
close, conscientious, exact, fussy, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous, undeviating
adamant, adamantine, determined, dogged, firm, relentless, resolved, single-minded, steadfast, stubborn, tenacious, unbending, unflinching
immovable, implacable, unappeasable, unrelenting, unsparing, unyielding
austere, demanding, flinty, grim, hard, hardened, hard-hearted, harsh, ironbound, severe, stern, tough
acquiescent, compliant, compromising, pliable, pliant, relenting, yielding
easy, easygoing, gentle, indulgent, kindly, lenient, merciful, mild, pampering, soft, spoiling, tolerant
neglectful, negligent, remiss, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, unfussy
2
tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions
- the brassbound military leadership had failed to realize that this time the nation was fighting a different kind of war
archconservative, button-down (or buttoned-down), conservative, die-hard, hidebound, mossbacked, old-fashioned, old-line, old-school, orthodox, paleoconservative, reactionary, standpat, traditional, traditionalistic, ultraconservative, unprogressive
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
anticonventional, antiestablishment, antitraditional, extremist, radical, revolutionary
nonconformist
advanced, contemporary, modern
lefty, radical, ultraleft, ultraleftist, ultraprogressive, ultraradical
broad-minded, large-minded, liberal, nonconservative, nonconventional, nonorthodox, nontraditional, open-minded, progressive, unconventional, unorthodox
3
displaying or marked by rude boldness
- some brassbound upstart who thought that he could waltz in here and start issuing orders
arch, audacious, bold, bold-faced, brash, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, cheeky, cocksure, cocky, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy, sassy, saucy, wise
assertive, forward, obtrusive
audacious, defiant, disrespectful
shameless, unabashed, unblushing
bluff, blunt, curt
cute, facetious, flip, flippant, pert, smart, smart-aleck, smart-alecky
lippy, mouthy
demure, humble, modest
courteous, genteel, mannerly, polite, proper
deferential, respectful
abashed, ashamed, blushing, embarrassed, shamefaced
gentle, mild
inconspicuous, unobtrusive
