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Tory

[tawr-ee, tohr-ee] / ˈtɔr i, ˈtoʊr i /
ADJECTIVE
conservative
Synonyms
STRONGEST
right of center right-wing
WEAK
middle-of-the-road old guard old-line reactionary
Antonyms
WEAK
left-wing liberal progressive radical
ADJECTIVE
reactionary
Synonyms
STRONGEST
archconservative counterrevolutionary regressive rightist ultraconservative
WEAK
die-hard hard hat old-line orthodox retrogressive rigid standpat traditional traditionalistic
Antonyms
STRONG
left liberal progressive radical revolutionary
ADJECTIVE
right-wing
Synonyms
STRONG
conservative reactionary right of center rightist
WEAK
conventional die-hard hard hat traditionalist ultraconservative/ultra-conservative unprogressive
Antonyms
STRONGEST
left-wing
STRONG
progressive radical
ADJECTIVE
traditionalist
Synonyms
STRONG
bourgeois constant firm fuddy-duddy quiet reactionary right rightist stable steady timid
WEAK
controlled conventional die-hard fearful fogyish guarded hard hat hidebound holding to 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 holding to 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
ultraconservative
Synonyms
STRONGEST
archconservative conservative regressive right-wing

Example Sentences

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"So people on the Tory benches like Lord Howe and Lord Strathclyde I hope would be able to continue to make a remarkable contribution, both of whom are an integral part of the present house."

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

In a report published on Friday, the commissioner found the Tory peer had committed three breaches of a Lords rule banning peers from providing "parliamentary services in return for payment or other incentive or reward".

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Tory peer Lord Chadlington is to quit the Conservatives and retire from the House of Lords following a recommendation he be suspended from Parliament for a year.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Tory and Labour MSPs rounded on the lord advocate in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

He loved the admiration he saw on every face—grooms dropping curry-combs, officers looking out of windows and talking to each other and nodding toward Goblin, chambermaids, rich Tory gentlemen—all stopped to stare when Goblin played.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.