Tory
noun
To·ry ˈtȯr-ē 
plural Tories
1
a
: conservative sense 1b
b
: a member or supporter of a major British political group of the 18th and early 19th centuries favoring at first the Stuarts and later royal authority and the established church and seeking to preserve the traditional political structure and defeat parliamentary reform compare whig
2
: an American upholding the cause of the British Crown against the supporters of colonial independence during the American Revolution : loyalist
3
often not capitalized : an extreme conservative especially in political and economic principles
4
: a dispossessed Irishman subsisting as an outlaw chiefly in the 17th century
5
obsolete : bandit, outlaw
Tory adjective
Synonyms
- archconservative
- conservative
- paleoconservative
- reactionary
- right-winger
- rightist
- traditionalist
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
a small-town Tory who saw that society was changing, much to his regret
Word History
Etymology
Irish tóraidhe outlaw, robber, from Middle Irish tóir pursuit
First Known Use
1646, in the meaning defined at sense 4
Phrases Containing Tory
Tory 1 of 2
noun
as in conservative
a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are a small-town Tory who saw that society was changing, much to his regret Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- conservative
- rightist
- archconservative
- paleoconservative
- traditionalist
- reactionary
- right-winger
- neocon
- neoconservative
- right-wing
- conformist
- standpatter
- bourbon
- diehard
- right
- stuffed shirt
- fuddy-duddy
- Colonel Blimp
- square
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- liberal
- leftist
- lefty
- progressive
- left-winger
- extremist
- revolutionary
- red
- radical
- revolutionist
- reformist
- reformer
Tory
2 of 2adjective
as in neoconservative
Synonyms & Similar Words
- neoconservative
- ultraright
- loyal
- staunch
- ultrarightist
- steadfast
- faithful
- stanch
- fogyish
- blimpish
- stodgy
- reactionary
- true-blue
- fogeyish
- conservative
- devoted
- steady
- dowdy
- ossified
- right-wing
- orthodox
- archconservative
- conventional
- paleoconservative
- true
- ultraconservative
- unprogressive
- fuddy-duddy
- square
- set
- traditionalistic
- traditional
- antiliberal
- hidebound
- standpat
- antiprogressive
- antimodern
- mossbacked
- old-line
- antirevolutionary
- antireform
- brassbound
- right
- buttoned-down
- old-school
- die-hard
- old-fashioned
- button-down
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- liberal
- progressive
- nonconservative
- extremist
- revolutionary
- radical
- nontraditional
- unorthodox
- unconventional
- antiestablishment
- nonconventional
- antitraditional
- nonorthodox
- nonconformist
- anticonventional
- modern
- contemporary
- large-minded
- radical
- lefty
- broad-minded
- advanced
- ultraleft
- open-minded
- ultraleftist
- ultraradical
- ultraprogressive
- autozooid
- autres temps, autres mœurs
- autumn
- autumn Adonis
- autumn blond
- autumn brown
- autumn crocus
- autumn elaeagnus
- autumn elaeagnuses
- autumn fern
- autumn glory
- autumn green
- autumn leaf
- autumn mange
- autumn oak
- autumn olive
- autumn sage
- autumn snowflake
- autumn squill
- autumn willow
- autumnal
- autumnal tea
- autumnally
- autumner
- autumnest