Synonyms of reactionaries

reactionaries

noun

plural of reactionary

1

as in conservatives

a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are

reactionaries tried to stop the passage of the legislation extending civil rights

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conservatives
• rightists
• traditionalists
• right-wingers
• Tories
• paleoconservatives
• archconservatives
• conformists
• neocons
• neoconservatives
• right-wings
• rights
• standpatters
• diehards
• stuffed shirts
• bourbons
• fuddy-duddies
• squares

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberals
• progressives
• leftists
• radicals
• revolutionaries
• extremists
• revolutionists
• lefties
• left-wingers
• reds
• reformers
• reformists

2

as in fogeys

a person with old-fashioned ideas

a reactionary in the nation's ongoing culture war, she seems to believe that watching any TV at all will rot your brain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conservatives
• fogeys
• veterans
• dodos
• fogies
• mossbacks
• fossils
• antediluvians
• stuffed shirts
• fuddy-duddies
• rightists
• stick-in-the-muds
• fuds
• Tories
• mandarins
• dodoes
• old hands
• old-timers
• old maids

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• moderns
• radicals
• liberals
• progressives
• hipsters
• trendies