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

Although tech giants and some unions support data center development, many people oppose it, and conservatives and progressives share that opposition.

— Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Pro-natalist conservatives have cited the decrease in women deciding to have children as a kind of modern self-absorption and evidence of the failures of feminism.

— Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of conservative

Noun

Richard Kurin, a fifty-year veteran of the institution, launched a top-secret study of the question in 2011.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
If Douglas cannot play, that could mean an opportunity for veteran Jalen Tolbert, the former Cowboys starter who has been inactive for the first two games.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of veteran

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Infrared spectroscopy showed that the fossil enamel looked a bit like that of the modern alligator, and its carbonate content matched that of modern reptilian enamel.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 20 Sep. 2026
Named for the massive cliffs that stretch across 32 miles of shoreline, Calvert Cliffs is also a mecca for fossil hunters.

— Katie Riley, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2026

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