card carrying

card carrying
Synonyms and related words:
authentic, bona fide, candid, dinkum, following the letter, genuine, good, honest, honest-to-God, inartificial, lawful, legitimate, lifelike, literal, natural, naturalistic, original, pure, real, realistic, rightful, simon-pure, simple, sincere, sterling, sure-enough, true to life, true to nature, true to reality, unadulterated, unaffected, unassumed, unassuming, uncolored, unconcocted, uncopied, uncounterfeited, undisguised, undisguising, undistorted, unexaggerated, unfabricated, unfanciful, unfeigned, unfeigning, unfictitious, unflattering, unimagined, unimitated, uninvented, unpretended, unpretending, unqualified, unromantic, unsimulated, unspecious, unsynthetic, unvarnished, verbal, verbatim, veridical, verisimilar, word-for-word

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • card-carrying — card .carrying adj [only before noun] 1.) card carrying member someone who has paid money to a political organization and is an official and active member of it ▪ a card carrying member of the Labour Party 2.) believing very strongly in something …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • card-carrying — card′ car rying adj. 1) gov admittedly belonging to a group or party: a card carrying Communist[/ex] 2) cvb identified with or dedicated to an ideal, profession, or interest: a card carrying humanist[/ex] • Etymology: 1945–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • card-carrying — [kärd′kar′ē iŋ] adj. 1. owning a membership card in a specified organization 2. Informal thorough, genuine, etc. [a card carrying pacifist] …   English World dictionary

  • card-carrying — card ,carrying adjective belonging to an organization, especially a political organization, and supporting it very strongly: a card carrying member of the Communist Party …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • card-carrying — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ registered as a member of a political party or trade union …   English terms dictionary

  • card-carrying — 1) ADJ: ADJ n A card carrying member of a particular group or political party is an official member of that group or party, rather than someone who supports it. [be V ed] I ve been a card carrying member of the Labour party for five years. 2) ADJ …   English dictionary

  • card-carrying — adjective Etymology: from the assumption that such a person carries an identification card Date: 1948 1. being a full fledged member of an organization (as a Communist party) 2. a. strongly identified with a group (as of people with a common… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • card-carrying — ¦ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: so called from the assumption that such a member carries a membership card 1. : being a full fledged member especially of a Communist party 2. a. : being strongly identified with a group (as of people… …   Useful english dictionary

  • card-carrying — /kahrd kar ee ing/, adj. 1. admittedly belonging to a group or party: a card carrying Communist. 2. Often Facetious. dedicated to an ideal, profession, or interest: a card carrying humanist. [1945 50] * * * …   Universalium

  • card-carrying — adjective card carrying member someone who has paid money to an organization and is a keen member of it: a card carrying member of the Labour Party …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • card-carrying — adj. Card carrying is used with these nouns: ↑member …   Collocations dictionary

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