revolutionary

revolutionary

adjective

Definition of REVOLUTIONARY

1

being very far from the center of public opinion <a candidate with a lot of crazy, revolutionary ideas that no one seems to be going for>

Synonyms extremist, fanatic (or fanatical), rabid, radical, revolutionary, revolutionist, ultra

Related Words subversive, violent, wild; reactionary

Near Antonyms conservative, moderate, temperate; conventional, orthodox, traditional; liberal, progressive

Antonyms middle-of-the-road, nonrevolutionary, unrevolutionary

2

taking part in a rebellion <revolutionary forces that were soundly defeated before reaching the capital>

Synonyms insurgent, insurrectionary, mutinous, revolutionary

Related Words seditious, traitorous, treacherous, treasonous; agitating, demagogic, rabble-rousing; defiant, disobedient, insubordinate, intractable, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, ungovernable, unruly

Near Antonyms constant, devoted, loyal, staunch (also stanch), steadfast, true, true-blue; compliant, obedient, submissive, tractable