paleoconservative

tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions members of the religious sect are positively paleoconservative in their beliefs on the proper role of women Synonyms archconservative, brassbound, button-down (or buttoned-down), die-hard, hidebound, mossbacked, old-fashioned, old-line, old-school, orthodox, conservative, reactionary, standpat, traditional, traditionalistic, ultraconservative, unprogressiveRelated Words conventional, square; devoted, faithful, loyal, staunch (also stanch), steadfast, steady, true, true-blue; blimpish, neoconservative, Tory, ultraright, ultrarightist; dowdy, fogyish (or fogeyish), fuddy-duddy, ossified, set, stodgy; right, right-wing; antiliberal, antimodern, antiprogressive, antireform, antirevolutionaryNear Antonyms anticonventional, antiestablishment, antitraditional, extremist, radical, revolutionary; nonconformist; advanced, contemporary, modern; lefty, radical, ultraleft, ultraleftist, ultraprogressive, ultraradicalAntonyms broad-minded, large-minded, liberal, nonconservative, nonconventional, nonorthodox, nontraditional, open-minded, progressive, unconventional, unorthodox

a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are paleoconservatives who would never sanction gambling casinos in their state Synonyms archconservative, conservative, reactionary, rightist, right-winger, Tory, traditionalistRelated Words right, right-wing; conformist; neocon, neoconservative; diehard, standpatter; bourbon, Colonel Blimp, fuddy-duddy, square, stuffed shirtNear Antonyms extremist, radical, red, revolutionary, revolutionist; reformer, reformistAntonyms leftist, left-winger, lefty, liberal, progressive