Synonyms of old-line

old-line

adjective

as in traditional

tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions

an old-line professor who still taught as if it were 1930

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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