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standpat

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of standpat

tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions

The standpat chefs were preparing classic dishes.

Synonyms of standpat

archconservative, brassbound, button-down (or buttoned-down), conservative, die-hard, hidebound, old-fashioned, old-line, old-school, orthodox, reactionary, traditional, traditionalistic, ultraconservative, unprogressive

Words Related to standpat

conventional, square

devoted, faithful, loyal, staunch (also stanch), steadfast, steady, true, true-blue

neoconservative, Tory, ultraright, ultrarightist

dowdy, fogyish (or fogeyish), fuddy-duddy, ossified, set, stodgy

right, right-wing

antiliberal, antimodern, antiprogressive, antireform, antirevolutionary

Near Antonyms of standpat

anticonventional, antiestablishment, antitraditional, extremist, radical, revolutionary

advanced, contemporary, modern

lefty, radical, ultraleft, ultraleftist, ultraprogressive, ultraradical

Antonyms of standpat

broad-minded, large-minded, liberal, nonconservative, nonconventional, nonorthodox, nontraditional, open-minded, progressive, unconventional, unorthodox

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