right-wing 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of right-wingnext
as in antiliberal

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right-wing

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noun

as in rightist

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for right-wing
  1. conservative
  2. stodgy
  3. archconservative
  4. ultraright
  5. right
  6. dowdy
  7. staunch
Noun
  • Chief Justice John Roberts, along with Coney Barrett, broke with conservatives to side with the court's three liberal justices.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
  • At the same time, conservatives accuse it of regulatory overreach.
    Stan Meiburg, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of conservative
Adjective
  • Their naïveté mixed with Schrader’s stodgy solemnity is a buzzkill.
    Armond White, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
  • In that sense, the current Egyptian regime bears more resemblance to the stodgy authoritarianism of southern Europe and Latin America in the mid–twentieth century than to the ebullient nationalism of the Nasser era.
    Nathan J. Brown, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2016
Definition of stodgy
Noun
  • Rachmaninoff has gone from being widely viewed as a musical archconservative to a protomodernist.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Brat is an archconservative who knocked out an establishment Republican, but his district is changing.
    Dylan Scott, Vox, 11 June 2018
Definition of archconservative
Adjective
  • Since then, McCarthy has had to tread somewhat lightly between the ultraright caucus and the rest of his party.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Because Jesuits often sided with El Salvador’s poor and some kept records of human rights violations, they were hated by the country’s ultraright.
    New York Times, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2021
Definition of ultraright
Adjective
  • Monk was listed as probable after missing Tuesday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks due to right groin soreness.
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
  • In June 2022, for example, the home was placed on the list for failing to timely report the abuse or neglect of an elder who suffered a painful fracture when her right leg got stuck under a wheelchair.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of right
Adjective
  • She’s come a long way from Marianne’s dowdy school uniform.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
  • World-renowned for its cashmere, buttery leather, and tailored wool, Italian winter fashion leaves no room for dowdy sweatpants and sweatshirts.
    Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of dowdy
Adjective
  • The Senate’s confirmation hearing of Russell Vought, one of Washington’s staunchest advocates for cutting spending, offered a preview Wednesday of the bruising spending wars likely to consume Congress this year.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Even the most staunch defenders of NIH agree the agency could benefit from reforms.
    Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of staunch
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