Synonyms of the word

traditionalist

• n. A person who adheres to tradition, especially in cultural or religious practices.
• n. (climbing) A traditional climbing climber.

conservative

• n. A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
• n. (US, economics) A fiscal conservative.
• n. (US, politics) A political conservative.
• n. (US, social sciences) A social conservative.
• adj. Cautious.
• adj. Tending to resist change or innovation.
• adj. Based on pessimistic assumptions.
• adj. (US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social…
• adj. (Britain, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
• adj. (physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
• adj. Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
• adj. (Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
• adj. (clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish,…

diehard

• adj. Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.
• adj. Fanatically opposing progress or reform.
• adj. Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in…
• n. A person with such an attitude.

hidebound

• adj. Bound with the hide of an animal.
• adj. (of a domestic animal) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened…
• adj. (of trees) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth.
• adj. (of a person) Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible.
• adj. (obsolete) Niggardly; penurious; stingy.