His argument is more radical than yours.
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Radical
/ˈɹædɪkəl/
Synonyms for "radical" (608 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (122)
Noun(13 words)
ab ovoaboriginalabsoluteaccidenceacidacidityadvancedaffixaffixationagentagitatoralgorismicalgorithmicaliquotalkalialkalinityall embracingall outall pervadingall-embracing
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all-encompassingall-inclusiveall-outall-pervadingalloisomerallomorphanarchistanarchisticanarcho-syndicalistanionantacidargumentarithmeticalarrowheadat the heightat the limitatomatomic clusterbasalbasebasementbasicbasilarbasisbearing wallbedbeddingbedrockbeginningbenzene ringbiochemicalbolshevikbolshevistbornbottombound morphemebranched chainbroadbroad mindedbroad-basedbroad-mindedcantorial sidecardinalcataclysmiccatastrophiccationcentralchaincharacterchemicalchemical elementchromoisomercleanclearclosed chaincommencementcommunistcompletecompoundcompound radicalcomprehensiveconceptioncongenitalconjugationconstituentconstitutionalconstitutiveconsummatecopolymercorrectivecounterclockwisecrucialcuneiformcuttingcycledecimaldeclensiondeepdeep dyed
Adjective(10 words)
avant-garde designbasalcultural overhaulcultural rebellion themescultural revolution movementcultural revolution movementscultural revolutionariescultural revolutionarycultural-revolutionarycultural-revolutionary literature
Strong matches (182)
deep-dyeddeep-seateddemotic characterderivationdeterminativedifference of formdifferentialdigitaldimerdownrightdramaticdrasticdyaddyed-in-the-woolegregiouselementelementalelementaryembryonicemendatory
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encliticentireequationessentialevenexhaustiveexponentialextremeextreme left-wingerextremistextremisticfabianfanaticfanaticalfar outfiguralfiguratefigurativefinitefloorflooringfondfootingformativeformulafoundationfoundationalfractionalfree formfundamentfundamentalfurthestgenerativegenesisgeneticgerminalgospel sidegradualisticgrammaloguegrass rootsgreatestgroundgroundsgroundworkguthardpanheadheavy chemicalsheptadheterocyclehexadhieratic symbolhieroglyphhieroglyphichieroglyphicshigh polymerhiraganahomocyclehomopolymerhydracidic analysisideogramideographimaginaryimmediate constituent analysisimmoderateimpairimpossiblein embryoin ovoinceptioninfiniteinfixinfixationinflectioninherentinorganic chemicalinsurgentinsurrectionaryinsurrectionistintegralintensiveintrinsicionirrationalisomerjacobinkanakatakanakekule formulalarboardlatticeleftleft handleft wingleft wingerleft-handleft-hand sideleft-wingleft-wing extremistleft-wingerleft-wingishleftistlevorotatoryliberallogarithmiclogogramlogographlogometriclunatic fringemacromoleculematerialmelioristmelioristicmetamermild radicalmildly radicalmilitant
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(14 words)
disruptivedisruptive influencedisruptive technologydrastic dilutionsepoch-making eventsepochalextremistfrench revolution ideasgreat leap forward policygroundbreaking ideaiconoclasticinsurrectionary ideologymajor paradigm shiftmaoist cultural campaign
Noun(24 words)
dramatic political changedrasticera of scientific upheavalessentialextremeextreme emotionextremistextremistsfoundationalfrench revolution leadersfrench revolutionaryfringefundamentalgroundbreaking devicegroundbreaking methodgrouphereticjihadistjihadistsleftists
Adjective(5 words)
Related words (304)
Adjective(39 words)
modern musicnew orderpolitical revolutionpolitical revolution movementsprometheanradical speciesred guard movementrevolutionaryrevolutionary actrevolutionary activistrevolutionary bannersrevolutionary curriculumrevolutionary grouprevolutionary idearevolutionary ideasrevolutionary ideologyrevolutionary leaderrevolutionary leadersrevolutionary methodrevolutionary momentum
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revolutionary movementrevolutionary policyrevolutionary rhetoricrevolutionary technologyrevolutionary theoryrevolutionary thinkerrevolutionary thinking in educationscientific paradigm shiftscientific upheavalstechnological revolutionstectonictectonic upheavingtransformativetransformative impactultraviolent overthrow ideologyviolent revolutionviolent revolution periodwild idea
moleculemonadmonomermorphmorphememorphemic analysismorphemicsmorphologymorphophonemicsmostnaturalnearnear sidenegativeneutralizernighnihilistnihilisticnonacidnonconformist
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numeralnumerarynumerativenumericnumericaloctadoddof the essenceoghamomnibusomnipresentordinalorganicorganic chemicaloriginoriginaloriginationout of this worldout-and-outoutrightoxyacidpairparadigmparlor bolshevikparlor pinkpavementpentadperfectpervasivephoneticphonetic symbolpictogrampictographpinkpinkopivotalplainplumbpolymerportport tackportsidepositivepossibleprefixprefixationpregnantprimalprimaryprimeprimevalprimitiveprimordialprincipalprinciplepristineprocliticprofoundprogressionistprogressistprogressiveprogressivistprotogenicprovenanceproveniencepseudoisomerpurerabidradixrationalreagentrealrebelreciprocalredreformationalreformativereformatoryreformerreformistreformisticregularrevisionalrevisionistrevisoryrevolutionalrevolutionaryrevolutionistrevulsionaryrevulsiveringriprapriserock bottomrootrootedrudimentrudimentaryrunesans culottesans-culotteschismaticseatsecessionistsectaryseminalseparatistseveresheershorthandside chainsillsimple radicalsinistersinistralsinistrocerebralsinistrocularsinistrogyratesinistrorsesolid groundsolid rocksourcespace-latticestemstereobatestockstraightstraight chainstylobatesubmultiplesubstantialsubstantivesubstratumsubstructionsubstructuresubversivesuffixsuffixationsulfacidsurdsweepingsyndicalisttaprootterra firmaterroristtetradthemethoroughthoroughgoingthrough and throughthrough-and-throughtoleranttoo muchtotaltranscendentaltransilienttriadtrimerubiquitousultraultra-ultraultraconservativeultraistultraisticunconditionalunderbuildingundercarriageundergirdingundergroundunderlyingunderpinningunderstructionunderstructureuniversalunmitigatedunqualifiedunreservedunrestrictedutmostutopianutopistutteruttermostveritableversovisionaryvitalway outwedgewholesalewidewobblyword formationword letterword-formationwrong sideyippiezealot
Noun(43 words)
moonshotmore cultural revolution historymore cultural-revolutionarymore insurrectionarymore revolutionarily designedmore revolutionarymost cultural-revolutionarymost digital-revolutionarymost radical shiftmost revolutionarily innovativemost revolutionarymutantoverthrowingradical paradigm shiftreformerrevolutionariesrevolutionarily designedrevolutionarily dramaticrevolutionarily innovativerevolutionarily oriented
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revolutionarily rapidrevolutionaryrevolutionary actsrevolutionary advocaterevolutionary changerevolutionary designrevolutionary erarevolutionary labelrevolutionary overthrowrevolutionary thinkingrevolutionistsrevolutionizingrevolutionizing classroomsroot wordsquare rootstemstorming bastillesudden changesweepingthemeupendinguprootingviolent upheaval
Determiner(2 words)
most cultural-revolutionary eramost extreme form
Verb(2 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: free radical, root, ab ovo, aboriginal, absolute.
- Sentence evidence is available for radical, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "radical".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "radical"
Keep "radical" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "radical" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "radical", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "radical" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
More specific
11 entriesactivistbase formcube rootdrastic reformextreme measurehydroxyl radicalmethyl radicalrevolutionaryroot wordsquare rootsudden shift
Collocations
8 entriesradical approachradical changeradical idearadical movementradical reformradical shiftradical solutionradical thinker
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
8 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
14 translations across 10 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- جَذْريّ adj (pertaining to the root (of a plant))
Armenian
1 entries- արմատական adj (pertaining to the root (of a plant))
Bulgarian
1 entries- коренен adj (pertaining to the root (of a plant))
Catalan
1 entries- radical adj (pertaining to the root (of a plant))
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 根的 adj (pertaining to the root (of a plant))
- 根部的 adj (pertaining to the root (of a plant))
Finnish
1 entries- juuri- adj (pertaining to the root (of a plant))
French
1 entries- radical adj (pertaining to the root (of a plant))
Italian
3 entries- radicale adj (pertaining to the root (of a plant))
- radicale noun (ring theory: ideal of elements of a ring sharing a certain given property)
- radicale noun (ring theory: intersection of maximal submodules of a module)
Romanian
2 entries- de rădăcină adj (pertaining to the root (of a plant))
- rădăcinal adj (pertaining to the root (of a plant))
Russian
1 entries- корнево́й adj (pertaining to the root (of a plant))
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Some Blacks seek more radical solutions.
Source: tatoeba (27235)
You'd better leave off such a radical idea.
Source: tatoeba (49818)
For this design house it was an appropriate strategy to introduce even more radical colors into computer production.
Source: tatoeba (50238)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "radical"?
Closest matches include free radical, root, ab ovo, aboriginal, absolute.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "radical"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.