Drastic
Drastic adjective - Forceful and extreme and rigorous.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Drastic
Radical is a synonym for drastic in extreme topic. In some cases you can use "Radical" instead an adjective "Drastic", when it comes to topics like severe.
Nearby Word: drastically
Radical
Radical adjective - Being very far from the center of public opinion.
Drastic is a synonym for radical in extreme topic. You can use "Drastic" instead an adjective "Radical", if it concerns topics such as thoroughgoing.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
-
Kid Niki from Kid Niki Radical Ninja looked more "radical" than his Japanese counterpart, Yanchamaru, but the Japan-only sequels for the Famicom made more drastic changes to his appearance.
Source: You Don't Look Like You - The Third Doctor era had done a drastic Re Tool into a Spy Fiction-influenced series, with the Third Doctor being a radical departure from the first two Doctors in that his TARDIS was broken and, stranded on Earth, he'd taken a job with the military.
Source: Character Rerailment -
Totally Radical: When Bob initially presented his theories of virus rehabilitation to the Prime Guardian he was told that the idea was "radical." Bob took it as a compliment, but Turbo clearly meant it in its more traditional meaning of drastic and outside the norm.
Source: Western Animation / ReBoot
Cite this Source
Radical and Drastic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/drastic/radical
Drastic & Radical. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/drastic/radical>.
Radical or Drastic. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/drastic/radical.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "drastic" and "radical" have occurred on timeline