'Reactionary' definitions:
Definition of 'reactionary'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Extremely conservative [syn: reactionary, reactionist, far-right]
noun
An extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism [syn: reactionary, ultraconservative, extreme right-winger]
Definition of 'Reactionary'
From: GCIDE
- Reactionary \Re*ac"tion*a*ry\ (-[asl]*r[y^]), a. Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reactionary'
From: GCIDE
- Reactionary \Re*ac"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. Reactionaries (-r[i^]z). One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reactionary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antagonistic,
- antediluvian,
- antipathetic,
- antiphonal,
- antique,
- atavistic,
- back number,
- bellyacher,
- Bircher,
- bitter-ender,
- blimp,
- Bourbon,
- breakaway,
- clashing,
- clockwise,
- Colonel Blimp,
- complainant,
- complainer,
- conflicting,
- conservatist,
- conservative,
- contradicting,
- contradictory,
- counteractant,
- counteracting,
- counteractive,
- countervailing,
- counterworking,
- crab,
- crank,
- cranky,
- croaker,
- crotchety,
- dad,
- decanal side,
- dexter,
- dextral,
- dextrocardial,
- dextrocerebral,
- dextrocular,
- dextrogyrate,
- dextrogyratory,
- dextropedal,
- dextrorotary,
- dextrorse,
- die-hard,
- diehard,
- dissident,
- dodo,
- elder,
- Epistle side,
- extreme right-winger,
- faultfinder,
- fogy,
- fogyish,
- fossil,
- frondeur,
- fud,
- fuddy-duddy,
- granny,
- griper,
- grouch,
- grouser,
- growler,
- grumbler,
- hard hat,
- has-been,
- hostile,
- imperialist,
- inimical,
- intransigent,
- kicker,
- kvetch,
- longhair,
- malcontent,
- matriarch,
- Methuselah,
- mid-Victorian,
- monarchist,
- mossback,
- murmurer,
- mutterer,
- nonconformist,
- nonprogressive,
- off,
- old believer,
- old crock,
- old dodo,
- old fogy,
- old liner,
- old man,
- old poop,
- old woman,
- old-line,
- old-timer,
- opposing,
- oppositional,
- oppugnant,
- orthodox,
- patriarch,
- perverse,
- pop,
- pops,
- querulous person,
- radical right,
- reacting,
- reactionarist,
- reactionist,
- reactive,
- rebel,
- recalcitrant,
- recessive,
- recidivist,
- recidivous,
- recto,
- reflex,
- reflexive,
- refluent,
- regressive,
- regular old fogy,
- relic,
- renitent,
- repugnant,
- resistant,
- respondent,
- responding,
- responsive,
- retroactionary,
- retroactive,
- retrocessive,
- retrograde,
- retrogressive,
- retrorse,
- retroverse,
- returnable,
- reversible,
- reversional,
- reversionary,
- revertible,
- revolutionary,
- revulsionary,
- revulsive,
- right,
- right field,
- right hand,
- right of center,
- right side,
- right wing,
- right-hand,
- right-wing,
- right-winger,
- right-wingish,
- rightist,
- royalist,
- social Darwinist,
- sorehead,
- square,
- standpat,
- standpatter,
- starboard,
- starboard tack,
- starets,
- tory,
- Tory,
- traditionalist,
- traditionalistic,
- ultraconservative,
- unprogressive,
- whiner,
- white