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

In 2010, Brown was serving on the board of the Historic Wilmington Foundation, an old-line preservation organization. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026

Built on a hillside overlooking Vila Nova de Gaia (where most of the old-line port merchants are located) and the Douro River, the luxurious 82-room hotel gets its identity from the local wine trade. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026

There were old-line Whigs who preferred some sort of compromise, and in the upper South, there were those who thought the Union was indivisible. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026

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