Synonyms of die-hard

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adjective

as in traditional

tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions

the die-hard purists are never going to accept certain words, no matter who uses them

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

diehard

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noun (1)

1

as in neocon

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in militant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• militant
• battler
• scrapper
• fighter
• hustler
• aggressor
• go-getter
• self-starter
• live wire
• bully
• tiger
• pit bull
• shark
• barracuda
• attack dog
• hatchet man
• fire-breather
• fire-eater

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• milquetoast
• weakling
• reed
• wimp
• pushover
• pussycat
• softy
• softie

die-hardism

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noun (2)

as in conservativeness

attitudes or opinions tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions

a professor of economics who regards himself as the lone bastion of political die-hardism on an overwhelmingly liberal campus

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conservativeness
• conservatism
• ultraconservatism
• traditionalism
• reactionaryism
• neoconservatism
• bigotry
• fogeyism
• Toryism
• fogyism
• illiberalism
• conventionalism
• conventionality

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberalism
• progressivism
• neoliberalism
• extremism
• radicalism
• liberalness
• open-mindedness
• nonconformity
• broad-mindedness
• unorthodoxy
• nonconformism
• unconventionalism