MODERNIZER Antonyms

• marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles

• someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters)

• adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion)

• resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion

• a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

• a member of a Conservative Party

• having social or political views favoring conservatism

• avoiding excess

• unimaginatively conventional

• conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

• following accepted customs and proprieties

• (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy

• unimaginative and conformist

• conforming with accepted standards

• represented in simplified or symbolic form

• in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past

• rigidly formal or bound by convention

• orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

• out of fashion

• a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture

• a cook who preserves fruits or meat

• someone who keeps safe from harm or danger

• rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning

• an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism

• opposed to political or social liberalism or reform

• consisting of or derived from tradition

• pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines

• one who adheres to traditional views

• stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded