Hidebound and Radical

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Hidebound adjective - Tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions.

Usage example: the hidebound innkeeper refused to see the need for a Web site, insisting that the inn had done without one for over 150 years

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Radical is an antonym for hidebound.

Radical adjective - Not bound by traditional ways or beliefs.

Usage example: radical proponents of spelling reform would have every word spelled “just the way it sounds”

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Hidebound is an antonym for radical.

Nearby Words: radically, radicalism, radicalize, radicalise, radicalised

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Radical and Hidebound. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hidebound/radical

Hidebound & Radical. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hidebound/radical>.

Radical or Hidebound. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hidebound/radical.

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