Synonyms of fuddy-duddy

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noun

as in fogey

a person with old-fashioned ideas

a fuddy-duddy who thought that anyone too young to vote shouldn't be out past 8:00 p.m.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

fuddy-duddy

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adjective

as in stodgy

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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