What is "tory" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does tory mean in English? Meaning of tory definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "tory" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "tory": an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution

Noun

  • Meaning: an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
  • Synonyms: tory
  • Hypernyms: american
  • Hyphenation: to‧ry

    Meaning of "tory": a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs

    Noun

  • Meaning: a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs
  • Synonyms: tory
  • Hypernyms: englishman
  • Hyphenation: to‧ry

    Meaning of "tory": a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative

    Noun

  • Meaning: a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative
  • Synonyms: tory
  • Hypernyms: right-winger rightist
  • Hyphenation: to‧ry

  • Adjective: Alternative letter-case form of Tory
  • Synonyms:

    traditional, timid, reactionary, middle-of-the-road, firm, right, constant, redneck, steady, quiet, fuddy-duddy, stable, bourgeois, conventional, die-hard, fearful, guarded, hard hat, illiberal, inflexible, obstinate, orthodox, right-wing, sober, unchangeable, unchanging, unimaginative, controlled, hidebound, traditionalistic, uncreative, unprogressive, old guard, fogyish, holding to, in a rut, not extreme, old line, right of center, undaring, white bread, right-winger, moderate, traditionalist, reactionary, stick-in-the-mud, diehard, right, redneck, rightist, hard hat, unprogressive, preserver, classicist, obstructionist, old guard, bitter-ender, conserver, conventionalist, middle-of-the-roader, moderatist, old liner, silk-stocking, standpat, ultraconservative, conservative, convinced, dyed-in-the-wool, extremist, firm, immovable, inflexible, intransigent, orthodox, reactionary, right, philistine, traditionalistic, unreconstructed, old-line, fogyish, standpat, zealot, fanatic, pullback, right, reactionary, praetorian, ultraconservative, fogy, extremist, stick-in-the-mud, rightist, right-winger, mossback, dyed-in-the-wool, intransigent, fundamentalist, bourbon, bitter ender, old liner, standpat, standpatter, true blue, rightist, rigid, right, die-hard, orthodox, traditional, retrogressive, traditionalistic, regressive, counterrevolutionary, obscurantist, old-line, standpat, rightist, right-winger, traditionalist, ultraconservative, diehard, hard hat, intransigent, obscurantist, royalist, counterrevolutionary, bitter-ender, reactionist, standpatter, die-hard, orthodox, retrogressive, right, rightist, rigid, traditional, traditionalistic, ultraconservative, counterrevolutionary, obscurantist, old-line, regressive, standpat, rightist, traditionalist, reactionary, stick-in-the-mud, diehard, right, redneck, moderate, hard hat, orthodox, unprogressive, preserver, classicist, obstructionist, bitter-ender, conserver, conventionalist, middle-of-the-roader, moderatist, old guard, old liner, silk-stocking, standpat, die-hard, reactionary, firm, right, constant, redneck, timid, traditionalist, steady, quiet, fuddy-duddy, stable, bourgeois, controlled, conventional, fearful, guarded, hard hat, hidebound, illiberal, inflexible, middle-of-the-road, obstinate, orthodox, right-wing, sober, traditional, traditionalistic, unchangeable, unchanging, uncreative, unimaginative, unprogressive, fogyish, holding to, in a rut, not extreme, old guard, old line, right of center, undaring, white bread, right-winger, reactionary, traditionalist, diehard, right, redneck, moderate, stick-in-the-mud, hard hat, orthodox, unprogressive, preserver, classicist, obstructionist, bitter-ender, conserver, conventionalist, middle-of-the-roader, moderatist, old guard, old liner, silk-stocking, standpat, firm, right, constant, reactionary, timid, stable, steady, quiet, fuddy-duddy, redneck, rightist, bourgeois, controlled, conventional, die-hard, fearful, guarded, hard hat, hidebound, illiberal, inflexible, middle-of-the-road, obstinate, orthodox, right-wing, sober, traditional, traditionalistic, unchangeable, unchanging, uncreative, unimaginative, unprogressive, fogyish, holding to, in a rut, not extreme, old guard, old line, right of center, undaring, white bread, reactionary, diehard, right-winger, stick-in-the-mud, right, redneck, rightist, moderate, hard hat, orthodox, unprogressive, old guard, classicist, preserver, obstructionist, bitter-ender, conserver, conventionalist, middle-of-the-roader, moderatist, old liner, silk-stocking, standpat, bourgeois, constant, controlled, conventional, die-hard, fearful, firm, fuddy-duddy, guarded, hard hat, hidebound, illiberal, inflexible, middle-of-the-road, obstinate, orthodox, quiet, reactionary, redneck, right, right-wing, rightist, sober, stable, steady, timid, traditional, traditionalist, unchangeable, unchanging, uncreative, unimaginative, unprogressive, fogyish, holding to, in a rut, not extreme, old guard, old line, right of center, undaring, white bread, traditionalist, diehard, rightist, right-winger, mossback, die-hard, hard hat, intransigent, obscurantist, royalist, counterrevolutionary, bitter-ender, reactionist, standpatter,

    Antonyms:

    unstable, changeable, inconstant, unsteady, untrustworthy, wobbly, exaggerated, incautious, left-wing, progressive, weak, wavering, unfixed, liberal, radical, radical, left-winger, liberal, progressive, compromising, conceding, flexible, progressive, liberal, radical, radical, liberal, progressive, unstable, changeable, inconstant, unsteady, untrustworthy, wobbly, weak, wavering, unfixed, unstable, changeable, inconstant, unsteady, untrustworthy, wobbly, weak, wavering, unfixed,

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