'diehard' definitions:
Definition of 'diehard'
From: WordNet
noun
One who adheres to traditional views [syn: traditionalist, diehard]
Definition of 'diehard'
From: GCIDE
- diehard \die"hard`\ (d[imac]"h[aum]rd`), n.
- 1. one who stubbornly adheres to traditional and outdated views.
- Syn: traditionalist. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. one who vigorously defends an apparently hopeless position, a lost cause, etc. [PJC]
Definition of 'diehard'
From: GCIDE
- diehard \die"hard`\ (d[imac]"h[aum]rd`), a. stubbornly and vigorously resisting in the face of seemingly hopeless odds; as, diehard opposition.
- Syn: never-say-die. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'diehard'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ass,
- bigot,
- Bircher,
- bitter-ender,
- Bourbon,
- brawler,
- bullethead,
- conservationist,
- conservatist,
- conservative,
- defendant,
- disputant,
- dissentient,
- dissident,
- dogmatist,
- donkey,
- extreme right-winger,
- fanatic,
- fogy,
- fundamentalist,
- hard hat,
- hardnose,
- imperialist,
- intransigeant,
- intransigent,
- irreconcilable,
- last-ditcher,
- laudator temporis acti,
- litigant,
- maverick,
- monarchist,
- mossback,
- mule,
- naysayer,
- negativist,
- noncooperator,
- objector,
- obstructionist,
- obstructive,
- old,
- old fogy,
- old school,
- opposer,
- oppositionist,
- perverse fool,
- pighead,
- plaintiff,
- positivist,
- protester,
- purist,
- quarreler,
- radical right,
- reactionarist,
- reactionary,
- reactionist,
- resister,
- right,
- right wing,
- right-winger,
- rightist,
- royalist,
- scrapper,
- social Darwinist,
- standpat,
- standpatter,
- stick-in-the-mud,
- stickler,
- Tory,
- ultraconservative,
- white,
- wrangler