Synonyms of fogy

fogy

noun

ˈfō-gē 

variants also fogey

as in conservative

a person with old-fashioned ideas

old fogies who said that rap music would never last

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conservative
• veteran
• fossil
• mossback
• antediluvian
• stick-in-the-mud
• reactionary
• stuffed shirt
• fuddy-duddy
• fud
• Colonel Blimp
• dodo
• rightist
• Tory
• old hand
• mandarin
• old-timer
• old maid

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modern
• trendy
• hipster
• liberal
• progressive
• radical

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fogy

There’s no old fogey-ness to Lorne. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026

For the benefit of us old fogies? — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026

Now the 10% is for stubborn old fogies who refuse to change their ways and try something new. — Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2026

Old fogey-ish, ungrateful and stupid. — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025

These are people who know AI and have grown up with this stuff that these old fogies haven't. — Alison Snyder, Axios, 23 Feb. 2025

The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits. — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023

Young people with the right stuff can be far more resilient than we old fogies suspect. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2023

Consequently, throughout the 1970s and ’80s Wilson was viewed as a Tory, a young fogy. — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022