Radical

Antonyms for radical:

moderate, incidental, old fashioned, old, conservative.

Synonyms for radical:

Sense 1

cosmetic, seditious, radically, evolutionary, rebel, pacifist, far-out, unpredictable, anarchic, socialist, underlying, revolutionist, communist, foundational.

Sense 2

developmental, subversive, seismic, militant, quicksilver, hawk, bolshevik, shifting, gradual, civil, guerrilla, sit down, iconoclast.

Sense 3

fanatic, sweeping, rebellious.

Sense 4

zealot, original.

Sense 8

away.

Sense 16

sharp.

bohemian

beatnik.

communist

communistic.

demonstrator

protester.

dissenter

Nonjuror.

dogmatist

bigot.

fanatic

fanatical.

fanatical

rabid.

grumbler

Murmurer.

in opposition

maverick.

instigator

agitator.

insubordinate

mutinous.

latitudinarian

freethinker.

leftist

left wing.

novel

fresh.

radical

left.

rebel

mutineer, rioter, nonconformist.

reformer

crusader.

socialist

leftist.

unconventional

underground.

bottom (adjective)

foundational.

different (adjective)

unusual.

extreme (adjective)

excessive, drastic, extreme, severe, ultra, intense.

fundamental, basic (adjective)

basal, thoroughgoing, constitutional, original, underlying, foundational, primary, organic.

major (adjective)

stellar.

overenthusiastic (adjective)

fanatical.

progressive (adjective)

gradual, advanced.

skeptical (adjective)

iconoclastic.

stupendous (adjective)

fab.

unorthodox (adjective)

heretical, dissident, hippie, unconventional, unorthodox, iconoclastic.

wide-ranging (adjective)

sweeping.

Sense 1 (noun)

nonconformist.

Sense 3 (noun)

agitator.

Sense 4 (noun)

civil, anarchic, guerrilla, underlying, foundational, rebel.

Sense 5 (noun)

cosmetic, quicksilver, far-out, developmental, gradual, away, radically, fanatic, evolutionary.

Sense 6 (noun)

zealot, revolutionist.

agitator (noun)

leftist.

beatnik (noun)

hippie.

demonstrator (noun)

rioter, protester.

detractor (noun)

iconoclast.

enthusiast (noun)

zealot.

fundamental (noun)

underlying.

person who advocates significant, often extreme change (noun)

fanatic, rioter, pacifist, rebel, nonconformist, iconoclast, freethinker, subversive, mutineer, agitator.

radical (noun)

basic, new, ultra, immoderate, basal, radical sign, base, theme, stem, chemical group, root word, group, revolutionary, root, extremist, free radical.

reformer (noun)

crusader.

revolutionist (noun)

revolutionist.

Usage examples for radical:

• " This Solomin," Kollomietzev put in, " is an out- and- out radical and republican. - "Virgin Soil", Ivan S. Turgenev.
• I really must decline to introduce such a radical change." - "The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood", Arthur Griffiths.
• One day she followed Terry all over town, fearing that he had an appointment with a well- known radical woman. - "An Anarchist Woman", Hutchins Hapgood.