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fogy

noun
variants: also fogey

Synonyms and Antonyms of fogy

a person with old-fashioned ideas

  • old fogies who said that rap music would never last
Synonyms of fogy

antediluvian, Colonel Blimp, dodo, fossil, fud, fuddy-duddy, mossback, reactionary, stick-in-the-mud, stuffed shirt
Words Related to fogy

conservative, rightist, Tory

mandarin, old hand, old-timer, veteran

old maid
Near Antonyms of fogy

liberal, progressive, radical
Antonyms of fogy

hipster, modern, trendy

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