MOSSBACK Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

mossback

noun

ˈmȯs-ˌbak

Definition of mossback

as in conservative

a person with old-fashioned ideas those mossbacks at the intelligence agency didn't get the memo that the world had changed

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Recent Examples of mossback This man performed in all of Shakespeare’s plays, Assumed all parts from mossbacks to boys young. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2019

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Noun

There was a time when conservatives were opposed to increasing the debt.

— Kevin Igoe, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
President Emmanuel Macron has been the primary target of scorn following nationwide riots that overtook Paris and other cities, but the insurgent National Rally does not want to let mainstream conservatives off the hook.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of conservative

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For wellness-minded readers, veterans and the parents of young athletes, how testosterone works has become more than a locker-room topic.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
According to the Death Penalty Information Center, Reaves would be at least the 235th military veteran executed nationwide in the modern era and the 14th veteran executed under DeSantis.

— Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2026

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To do this, the team of researchers used fossils and knowledge of mosasaurs' most recent living relatives – snakes and lizards like the komodo dragon – to recreate the hunting behavior of mosasaurs.

— October 16, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026
The discovery provides a detailed view into how the dinosaur’s body responded to injury before its death and demonstrates how neutron imaging can reveal soft tissues that are rarely preserved in fossils.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

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