Mossback

/ˈmɒsbæk/

Synonyms for "mossback" (80 found)

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Noun(6 words)

anachronistic archaic backward-looking condescending conservative conventional

antediluvian antiqueback numberbackwoodsman bumpkin clodhopper conservationist conservatist conservative dad

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Noun(3 words)

derogatory fossil fuddy-duddy

diehard dodo elder fogy fossil fudfuddy duddyfuddy-duddy grannyhas beenhas-been hayseed hick hillbillylaudator temporis actilonghair matriarch methuselahmid victorianmid-victorian

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old believer

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old crockold dodoold fogyold linerold manold poopold schoolold timerold womanold-timer patriarch pop pops provincial reactionaryregular old fogyrelicright wingerright-winger rightist

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rustic square standpat standpatter staretsstick-in-the-mudtraditionalist ultraconservative yokel

Noun(11 words)

old-fashioned old-timey pejorative reactionary relic retrograde retrogressive scornful stodgy traditional unprogressive

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attitudinal descriptorbeing conservative conservativistcultural descriptorderogatory adjectivedescriptor of stylelabeling termpejorative modifierpersonpolicy descriptorqualitative descriptor

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11 entries

archaicism archaist conservatism diehardhardline traditionalistnostalgic old-school paleoconservative parochial quaint traditionalist

Collocations

10 entries

mossback administratormossback attitudemossback conservatismmossback culturemossback factionmossback ideologymossback mentalitymossback policymossback politicianmossback stance

Inflections

3 entries

more mossbackmossbacksmost mossback

Derivations

4 entries

mossbacked mossbackery mossbackish mossbackness

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