Synonyms of stick-in-the-mud

stick-in-the-mud

noun

ˈstik-ən-t͟hə-ˌməd 

as in conservative

a person with old-fashioned ideas

the committee is dominated by old stick-in-the-muds who have little interest in bringing new ideas to the table

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conservative
• veteran
• fogy
• fossil
• fuddy-duddy
• reactionary
• mossback
• Colonel Blimp
• antediluvian
• stuffed shirt
• fud
• Tory
• dodo
• rightist
• old hand
• mandarin
• old-timer
• old maid

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modern
• trendy
• liberal
• hipster
• progressive
• radical

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stick-in-the-mud

One only has to think about the British fight against Nazism to be reminded that it was made of imperialists, constitutionalists, stick-in-the-mud aristocrats, and the socialists who first helped put Winston Churchill into power and then five years later helped push him out again. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

But opposing him is Stagg, a Scottish, stick-in-the-mud academic (which is saying a lot by most weather men’s personality standards), who insists on making the team’s joint recommendation exclusively using the current observational data available to Allied forces. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 May 2026

Bostwick starred as the naive stick-in-the-mud and fiancé of Janice, Brad. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025

David Corenswet plays, quite literally, a stick-in-the-mud character. — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019