Definitions

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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Tory Gavito, the president of Way to Win, a progressive donor network and research organization, told Salon that she sees the autopsy as basically agnostic on what, if anything, the Democrats should stand for.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

While Tory chief whip, Sir Gavin was said to have used Cronus to intimidate unruly MPs so they stuck to the party line.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Swinney won the nomination after three rounds of voting, with Alex Cole-Hamilton of the LibDems and Tory Russell Findlay eliminated in the first two rounds of voting.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

"We have nothing like this in America, and I think Eurovision is phenomenal because it brings everybody together," Tory Huflar, an American fan, told AFP after Thursday's second semi-final.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

He’d been elected to the General Assembly in Hartford, but he’d been pushed out of it by the Patriots for being a Tory.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

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