Reactionary [adjective]
Definition of Reactionary:
conservative
Synonyms of Reactionary:
● Rightist
● Rigid
● Right
● Die-hard
● Orthodox
● Traditional
● Retrogressive
● Traditionalistic
● Regressive
● Counterrevolutionary
● Obscurantist
● Tory
● Old-line
● Standpat
Opposite/Antonyms of Reactionary:
● Radical
● Liberal
● Progressive
Sentence/Example of Reactionary:
Decidedly, he ought to have sold himself to the reactionary party.
Perhaps conservative is not the word; reactionary would be closer.
And I am not alone in resenting your reactionary tendencies.
Being a reactionary, I still felt that woman's place was not in the Army or Navy.
We are not speaking of a reactionary revolution but of the "activist."
Just as the feminists won't have anything to do with you because you're so reactionary.
In 1794, as we have seen, he was considered a reactionary and an oppressor.
Is there anything in his plays that is in the least inconsistent with all that is reactionary?
He was a reactionary Republican of the most pronounced type.
The stifling of the insurrection in Poland strengthened the reactionary party.