Antonyms for old line
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : ohld-lahyn |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊldˈlaɪn |
Definition of old line
- As in old school : adj traditional
- As in orthodox : adj accepted, traditional
- As in reactionary : adj conservative
- As in right : adj conservative politically
- As in bourgeois : adj commonplace
- As in mossbacked : adj reactionary
- As in rightist : adj conservative
- As in traditionalist : adj conservative
- As in traditionalistic : adj conservative
- As in conservative : adj cautious, moderate, tending to preserve the status quo
- As in die-hard : adj uncompromising
- As in old school : noun earliest way of doing things
- If the description of this old line be dull to read, it should be remembered that it was dull to hold.
- Extract from : « The Old Front Line » by John Masefield
- In fact our old line was at least five hundred yards outside it.
- Extract from : « The Old Front Line » by John Masefield
- He bought the "Rochester," and next bought out the old line.
- Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
- No grandchild of yours will succeed me,—me, the last of the old line!
- Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The old line of division was still as strongly marked as ever.
- Extract from : « The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 (of 5) » by John Marshall
- The Boss let me off because I finished my work on the old line yesterday.
- Extract from : « Polly and Eleanor » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
- He could have marched there by McClellan's old line without the loss of a man.
- Extract from : « A Man of the People » by Thomas Dixon
- John Bull, with his proverbial stubbornness, will stick to his old line.
- Extract from : « Sporting Society, Vol. II (of 2) » by Various
- Still the old line Causes of the long retention of the throne by Austria.
- Extract from : « The Holy Roman Empire » by James Bryce
- Guttery was the last of the old line of tavern keepers, at this house.
- Extract from : « The Old Pike » by Thomas B. Searight
Synonyms for old line
- acceptable
- according to the book
- accustomed
- acknowledged
- admitted
- approved
- authoritative
- buttoned-down
- by the numbers
- canonical
- classic
- classical
- common
- conformist
- conservative
- constant
- conventional
- correct
- counterrevolutionary
- customary
- devout
- die-hard
- doctrinal
- established
- firm
- habitual
- hidebound
- illiberal
- in line
- legitimate
- long-established
- materialistic
- middle-class
- obscurantist
- official
- old
- old line
- old-line
- orthodox
- philistine
- pious
- popular
- proper
- punctilious
- quiet
- reactionary
- received
- recognized
- redneck
- regressive
- regular
- religious
- retrogressive
- right
- right wing
- rightful
- rightist
- rigid
- rooted
- sanctioned
- sound
- square
- standard
- standpat
- steady
- straight
- straight arrow
- time-honored
- timid
- Tory
- traditional
- traditionalist
- traditionalistic
- true
- ultraconservative
- Victorian
- well-established
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