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holding to

ADJECTIVE

conservative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

traditional

STRONG

cautious constant conventional firm moderate old-fashioned stable steady timid unadventurous

WEAK

bourgeois controlled fearful fogyish fuddy-duddy guarded hidebound illiberal inflexible not extreme orthodox sober traditionalistic unchangeable unchanging uncreative undaring unimaginative unprogressive

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incautious

STRONG

changeable inconstant unfixed unstable unsteady untrustworthy wavering

WEAK

exaggerated

ADJECTIVE

traditionalist

Synonyms

STRONG

Tory bourgeois constant firm fuddy-duddy quiet reactionary right rightist stable steady timid

WEAK

controlled conventional die-hard fearful fogyish guarded hard hat hidebound illiberal in a rut inflexible middle-of-the-road obstinate old guard old-line orthodox right of center right-wing sober traditional traditionalistic unchangeable unchanging uncreative undaring unimaginative unprogressive

Antonyms

STRONG

changeable inconstant unfixed unstable unsteady

ADJECTIVE

traditionalistic

Synonyms

WEAK

bourgeois constant controlled conventional die-hard fearful firm fogyish fuddy-duddy guarded hard hat hidebound illiberal in a rut inflexible middle-of-the-road obstinate old guard old-line orthodox quiet reactionary right of center right-wing rightist sober stable steady traditional traditionalist unchangeable unchanging uncreative undaring unimaginative unprogressive

ADJECTIVE

unbending

Synonyms

STRONG

crisp firm obstinate reserved

WEAK

aloof distant do-or-die dug in formal hard as nails hard-line hold one's ground hold the fort hold the line incompliant inelastic inexorable inflexible intractable locked-in obdurate relentless resolute set in stone severe single-minded standing one's ground standing pat sticking to one's guns stiff strict stubborn uncompromising unflexible unrelenting unswayable unyielding uptight

Antonyms

STRONG

flexible soft yielding

WEAK

bending pliable pliant relaxed

Example Sentences

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“TIPS are too far out,” he said, and if they’re not holding to maturity, he doesn’t want clients to get caught short if they have to buy or sell.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Because the fund couldn’t immediately add to its SpaceX, its burgeoning total assets shrank the weight of that holding to only 2%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Ziegler did not merely misquote Moore; she inverted its holding to endorse the very idea it rejected.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2025

Berkshire sold nearly 400 million Apple shares in the second quarter of 2024, reducing its holding to 280 million shares by June 30 this year.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

She learned to keep her feet without holding to a strap.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

holding to

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