DIEHARD Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈdī-ˌhärd

Definition of die-hard

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

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noun

as in neocon

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Recent Examples of die-hard

Adjective

This elegant dessert makes a great birthday cake for the die-hard PB fan in your life. — Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2026 Jenner styled her pair earlier this year, Bieber just this past month, and Ross, who has been a die-hard Asics stan for awhile now, posted on Instagram wearing the brand just this week. — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 22 Aug. 2026

Noun

Winfield is also a diehard Beatles fan. — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026 And the dejected diehard of a downtrodden franchise isn’t truly stuck in a one-sided detrimental relationship. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for die-hard

Recent Examples of Synonyms for die-hard

Adjective

The information may be unstructured, context may matter or traditional rules may not justify the engineering cost.

— Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The beginning of the end, as far as the traditional late night format at the Emmys is concerned.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of traditional

Noun

At the same time, the recent, deadly brutality of the agency and its partners has led, according to some polls, to strong support for such a policy; those espousing the slogan have included Bill Kristol, the neocon anti-Trump writer.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
This faith caused the neocons to recoil in from the Obama administration’s 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026

Definition of neocon

Noun

The advances would give the militants a stronger position to disrupt oil flows through the strait, which connects the southern Red Sea to global markets.

— Spencer Kimball,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2026
Mohammed was captured in Pakistan in 2003, accused of developing and directing the 9/11 attacks, as a leader of the Islamic militant group al-Qaida.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of militant

Adjective

Meghan McCain, a conservative panelist who left the show in 2021, regularly speaks out about the program on social media and via her Citizen McCain talk show.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026
Caruso, a former Republican who registered as a Democrat in 2022, could help Bass attract more conservative voters who may have voted for Spencer Pratt or tech entrepreneur Adam Miller in the primary but are now up for grabs.

— Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of conservative

Noun

Senor and Stephens are neoconservatives who hardly needed to be convinced that the members of progressive movements were not friends of the Jewish people.

— Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Moreover, during the Iraq war, the Jewish community could effectively argue that framing the conflict as a Jewish neocon conspiracy was baseless, even as some neoconservatives influenced policy.

— Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026

Definition of neoconservative

Adjective

Trump carried Mahoning by more than 10,000 votes, a remarkable reversal in a previously loyal Democratic county that Obama had won by nearly 30 percentage points just 12 years earlier.

— Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Ryen Wickham, a youth athlete and loyal Mahomes fan in Nebraska, celebrated the season opener of the Kansas City Chiefs Monday by reposting an adorable video of herself as a little girl meeting the team’s quarterback.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of loyal

Adjective

Some of the nations attending the meeting in western Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk region, such as Poland and Romania, have been staunch supporters of Ukraine.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
Some of the nations attending the meeting in western Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk region, such as Poland and Romania, have been staunch supporters of Ukraine.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

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