old line

old line
Synonyms and related words:
backward, confirmed, conservative, deep-dyed, deep-engraven, deep-fixed, deep-grounded, deep-laid, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, die-hard, dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, embossed, engrafted, engraved, entrenched, established, etched, firmly established, fogyish, graven, implanted, impressed, imprinted, indelibly impressed, infixed, ingrained, ingrown, inveterate, inwrought, long-established, nonprogressive, old-fashioned, old-fogyish, on a rock, on bedrock, opposed to change, preservative, reactionary, reactionist, right of center, right-wing, rooted, set, settled, stabilized, standpat, ultraconservative, unprogressive, vested, well-established, well-founded, well-grounded, well-set, well-settled

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