Tory

noun

To·ry ˈtȯr-ē How to pronounce Tory (audio)

plural Tories

: conservative sense 1b

: a member or supporter of a major British political group of the 18th and early 19th centuries favoring at first the Stuarts and later royal authority and the established church and seeking to preserve the traditional political structure and defeat parliamentary reform compare whig

: an American upholding the cause of the British Crown against the supporters of colonial independence during the American Revolution : loyalist

often not capitalized : an extreme conservative especially in political and economic principles

: a dispossessed Irishman subsisting as an outlaw chiefly in the 17th century

obsolete : bandit, outlaw

Tory adjective

Tory 1 of 2

noun

as in conservative

a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are a small-town Tory who saw that society was changing, much to his regret

Synonyms & Similar Words

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conservative
rightist
archconservative
paleoconservative
traditionalist
reactionary
right-winger
neocon
neoconservative
right-wing
conformist
standpatter
bourbon
diehard
right
stuffed shirt
fuddy-duddy
Colonel Blimp
square

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

liberal
leftist
lefty
progressive
left-winger
extremist
revolutionary
red
radical
revolutionist
reformist
reformer

Tory

2 of 2

adjective

as in neoconservative

Synonyms & Similar Words

neoconservative
ultraright
loyal
staunch
ultrarightist
steadfast
faithful
stanch
fogyish
blimpish
stodgy
reactionary
true-blue
fogeyish
conservative
devoted
steady
dowdy
ossified
right-wing
orthodox
archconservative
conventional
paleoconservative
true
ultraconservative
unprogressive
fuddy-duddy
square
set
traditionalistic
traditional
antiliberal
hidebound
standpat
antiprogressive
antimodern
mossbacked
old-line
antirevolutionary
antireform
brassbound
right
buttoned-down
old-school
die-hard
old-fashioned
button-down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

liberal
progressive
nonconservative
extremist
revolutionary
radical
nontraditional
unorthodox
unconventional
antiestablishment
nonconventional
antitraditional
nonorthodox
nonconformist
anticonventional
modern
contemporary
large-minded
radical
lefty
broad-minded
advanced
ultraleft
open-minded
ultraleftist
ultraradical
ultraprogressive

单词	Tory
释义	Tory noun To·ry ˈtȯr-ē plural Tories 1 a : conservative sense 1b b : a member or supporter of a major British political group of the 18th and early 19th centuries favoring at first the Stuarts and later royal authority and the established church and seeking to preserve the traditional political structure and defeat parliamentary reform compare whig 2 : an American upholding the cause of the British Crown against the supporters of colonial independence during the American Revolution : loyalist 3 often not capitalized : an extreme conservative especially in political and economic principles 4 : a dispossessed Irishman subsisting as an outlaw chiefly in the 17th century 5 obsolete : bandit, outlaw Tory adjective Synonyms archconservative conservative paleoconservative reactionary right-winger rightist traditionalist See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences a small-town Tory who saw that society was changing, much to his regret Word History Etymology Irish tóraidhe outlaw, robber, from Middle Irish tóir pursuit First Known Use 1646, in the meaning defined at sense 4 Phrases Containing Tory Tory Democracy Tory Democracy Tory 1 of 2 noun as in conservative a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are a small-town Tory who saw that society was changing, much to his regret Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance conservative rightist archconservative paleoconservative traditionalist reactionary right-winger neocon neoconservative right-wing conformist standpatter bourbon diehard right stuffed shirt fuddy-duddy Colonel Blimp square Antonyms & Near Antonyms liberal leftist lefty progressive left-winger extremist revolutionary red radical revolutionist reformist reformer See More Tory 2 of 2 adjective as in neoconservative Synonyms & Similar Words neoconservative ultraright loyal staunch ultrarightist steadfast faithful stanch fogyish blimpish stodgy reactionary true-blue fogeyish conservative devoted steady dowdy ossified right-wing orthodox archconservative conventional paleoconservative true ultraconservative unprogressive fuddy-duddy square set traditionalistic traditional antiliberal hidebound standpat antiprogressive antimodern mossbacked old-line antirevolutionary antireform brassbound right buttoned-down old-school die-hard old-fashioned button-down Antonyms & Near Antonyms liberal progressive nonconservative extremist revolutionary radical nontraditional unorthodox unconventional antiestablishment nonconventional antitraditional nonorthodox nonconformist anticonventional modern contemporary large-minded radical lefty broad-minded advanced ultraleft open-minded ultraleftist ultraradical ultraprogressive See More
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Tory

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