Synonyms of old-line

old-line

adjective

ˈōl(d)-ˈlīn 

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
• reactionary
• ultraconservative
• hidebound
• traditionalistic
• archconservative
• unprogressive
• die-hard
• faithful
• steadfast
• standpat
• devoted
• paleoconservative
• true
• button-down
• stodgy
• true-blue
• neoconservative
• mossbacked
• right-wing
• square
• Tory
• steady
• ultraright
• brassbound
• ossified
• dowdy
• antimodern
• antiliberal
• ultrarightist
• fuddy-duddy
• right
• fogyish
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of old-line

And for the first time, top Wall Street banks weren’t just attracting WASP or old-line German Jewish men with family ties to banking, the historic mainstays of the finance world. — Literary Hub, 15 May 2026

The larger, at 31 Pratt, is the former headquarters of Society for Savings, an old-line bank whose roots stretched back to 1819. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026

Under this scenario, the public models will start to look like old-line enterprise software companies, taking in proprietary data, fine-tuning a version of their public model to be private, and then running that model for the customer. — Forrester, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026

These firms had been the envy of the old-line investment banking houses. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026