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radical

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of radical

1 being very far from the center of public opinion
  • has some pretty radical ideas about education
Synonyms of radical

extreme, extremist, fanatic (or fanatical), rabid, revolutionary, revolutionist, ultra
Words Related to radical

subversive, violent, wild

reactionary
Near Antonyms of radical

conservative, moderate, temperate

conventional, orthodox, traditional

liberal, progressive
Antonyms of radical

middle-of-the-road, nonrevolutionary, unrevolutionary
2 not bound by traditional ways or beliefs
  • Radical proponents of spelling reform would have every word spelled "just the way it sounds."
Synonyms of radical

broad-minded, liberal, nonconventional, nonorthodox, nontraditional, open-minded, progressive, unconventional, unorthodox
Words Related to radical

advanced, contemporary, modern

forbearing, indulgent, large-minded, lenient, permissive, tolerant

extreme

impartial, objective, unbiased
Near Antonyms of radical

hard, rigid, strict

doctrinal, dogmatic (also dogmatical)

bigoted, blinkered, intolerant, narrow-minded

reactionary, unreconstructed
Antonyms of radical

conservative, conventional, hidebound, nonprogressive, old-fashioned, orthodox, stodgy, traditional

radical

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of radical

a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government
  • He was a radical in his youth, but now he's pretty moderate.
Synonyms of radical

extremist, revolutionary, revolutionist
Words Related to radical

young Turk

leftist, lefty, red

progressive, reformer, reformist

anarchist, subversive

agitator, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel

secessionist, separationist, separatist
Near Antonyms of radical

conservative, fuddy-duddy, reactionary, rightist, standpatter, Tory, traditionalist
Antonyms of radical

middle-of-the-roader, moderate

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