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Noun
▲
A person who holds extreme political or religious views, especially one who advocates illegal, violent, or other extreme action
radical
fanatic
activist
militant
zealot
bigot
chauvinist
crazy
devotee
diehard
dogmatist
enthusiast
fundamentalist
hardliner
revolutionary
revolutionist
sectarian
ultra
crank
die-hard
energumen
maniac
partisan
agitator
rebel
terrorist
ultraist
partizan
anarchist
subversive
champion
advocate
campaigner
instigator
demagogue
incendiary
fomenter
troublemaker
inciter
provocateur
rabble-rouser
exciter
kindler
demagog
ringleader
agent
sparkplug
disrupter
reactionary
propagandist
pusher
adjy
malcontent
mover
wave maker
perfectionist
red-hot
battler
promoter
appreciator
connoisseur
idealist
ham
votary
votarist
great one
stirrer
agent provocateur
provoker
dissentient
soapbox orator
more ❯
“Since the government only encourages this view, the extremist parties gain more votes.”
Noun
▲
Nut case
wingnut
crank
nut case
pterocarya
radical
weirdo
winger
Noun
▲
A person unlike most others
individual
individualist
nonconformist
freethinker
free spirit
independent
maverick
rebel
scepticUK
skepticUS
eccentric
outsider
radical
dissenter
dissident
heretic
nonbeliever
renegade
beatnik
bohemian
character
free thinker
hippie
iconoclast
loner
lone wolf
malcontent
misbeliever
New Ager
rare bird
rarity
rationalist
dissentient
flower child
infidel
libertine
oddball
odd one out
one of a kind
one-off
oner
rara avis
revolutionary
weirdo
sectarian
apostate
separatist
unbeliever
schismatic
revisionist
separationist
sectary
miscreant
objector
heresiarch
mutineer
revolutionist
cynic
freedom fighter
secessionist
disputant
rejectionist
protestant
insurgent
atheist
pagan
non-theist
non-believer
agnostic
idolatress
heterodox thinker
idolater
unorthodox thinker
recreant
heathen
tergiversator
subversive
critic
questioner
paynim
recusant
nullifidian
non-conformist
reformer
innovator
denouncer
detractor
image-breaker
ruiner
withersake
more ❯
Noun
▲
An intransigent person
intransigent
bigot
conservative
diehard
dinosaur
reactionary
traditionalist
right-winger
rightist
stick-in-the-mud
Tory
ultraconservative
standpatter
paleoconservative
archconservative
die-hard
obscurantist
conventionalist
counter-revolutionary
Birchite
counterrevolutionary
Colonel Blimp
reactionist
bitter-ender
hard hat
royalist
ultra-conservative
zealot
fanatic
hardliner
moderate
classicist
preserver
obstructionist
conserver
moderatist
unprogressive
middle-of-the-roader
silk-stocking
old guard
orthodox
redneck
obscurant
dogmatist
fuddy-duddy
square
Republican
purist
old fogey
P.C
Loyalist
loyalist
PC
Conservative
small-c conservative
Progressive Conservative
United Empire Loyalist
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims
terrorist
bomber
revolutionary
gunman
assassin
guerrilla
incendiary
radical
arsonist
desperado
hijacker
alarmist
anarchist
cyberterrorist
goon
guerilla
insurrectionary
insurrectionist
subversive
fanatic
kidnapper
rebel
saboteur
thug
urban guerrilla
freedom fighter
suicide bomber
urban guerilla
revolutionist
insurgent
dissenter
heretic
reformer
leftist
separatist
nonconformist
iconoclast
firebrand
revisionist
zealot
schismatic
resistance
innovator
independent
apostate
experimenter
experientialist
individualist
instigator
progressive
fomenter
inciter
provocateur
rabble-rouser
exciter
kindler
demagog
crazy
ringleader
agent
sparkplug
disrupter
reactionary
champion
propagandist
pusher
advocate
adjy
dogmatist
mover
activist
wave maker
counterrevolutionist
militant
counterrevolutionary
outlaw
reformist
lefty
separationist
ultra
diehard
socialist
avant-garde
ultraist
freethinker
Bolshevist
atheist
cynic
scepticUK
pessimist
disbeliever
agnostic
unbeliever
non-believer
negativist
nonbeliever
non-theist
destroyer
skepticUS
existentialist
stirrer
agent provocateur
provoker
dissentient
soapbox orator
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Far beyond the norm in terms of public opinion
extreme
fanatical
enthusiastic
mad
rabid
wild
fanatic
fervent
frenzied
obsessive
passionate
radical
revolutionary
revolutionist
ultra
zealous
bigoted
immoderate
overenthusiastic
intemperate
rebel
terrorist
militant
diehard
swivel-eyed
maniacal
intolerant
prejudiced
partisan
illiberal
excited
hysterical
agitated
uncontrolled
hectic
distraught
overwrought
fraught
manic
fevered
panic-stricken
worked up
wired
hyper
unscrewed
beside oneself
in a tizzy
weirded out
wigged out
keyed up
flipped out
energetic
hyperactive
distracted
confused
demented
desperate
out of control
angry
weird
zonkers
unglued
unzipped
at wits' end
spazzed out
hot under the collar
shook up
in a stew
hot and bothered
unrestrained
turbulent
tumultuous
panic-struck
panicky
restless
unhinged
confusing
nuts
chaotic
exciting
fast and furious
madding
nervous
overactive
impatient
heated
abandoned
boisterous
unbalanced
high-strung
busy
overcome
ebullient
full-on
overwhelming
overpowering
uninhibited
like one possessed
phrenetic
furibund
overwhelmed
stunned
struck
incredulous
overawed
affected
gay
incoherent
lost it
overpowered
babbling
in a lather
distressed
devastated
in a frenzy
destroyed
not knowing what to do with oneself
distrait
uptight
hysteric
lightheaded
hot
hallucinating
aberrant
deviant
disturbed
light-headed
rambling
disordered
lunatic
bewildered
maniac
wandering
hallucinatory
unsettled
disarranged
deviate
worried
last-minute
anxious
het up
wound up
in a state
in a flap
having kittens
in a tizz
out of one's head
off one's head
out of one's skull
beside yourself
in a flat spin
at your wits' end
at the end of your tether
in a cold sweat
convulsive
overexcited
more ❯
“The riots were organized by extremist groups.”
Adjective
▲
Rigidly following the doctrines of a sect or other group
sectarian
narrow-minded
factional
fanatical
partisan
bigoted
clannish
cliquish
dogmatic
rigid
doctrinaire
insular
parochial
schismatic
denominational
exclusive
fanatic
hidebound
limited
extreme
illiberal
inflexible
Lilliputian
little
narrow
petty
picayune
provincial
small
small-minded
biased
dissident
intolerant
local
nonconforming
nonconformist
parti pris
prejudiced
religious
sectional
scepticalUK
skepticalUS
small-town
splinter
authoritarian
stubborn
weighted
domineering
arbitrary
prejudicial
magisterial
imperious
strict
arrogant
despotic
tyrannical
overbearing
pontifical
adamant
wilful
unyielding
authoritative
self-opinionated
opinionative
opinioned
insistent
intransigent
fundamentalist
influenced
headstrong
alt-right
severe
predisposed
loaded
bull-headed
intractable
high-handed
dogmatical
assertive
traditional
old-fashioned
brassbound
non-objective
mulish
cocksure
preconceived
unprogressive
ageist
disablist
emphatic
ultraconservative
invidious
classist
orthodox
imperative
peremptory
traditionalistic
button-down
buttoned-down
mossbacked
old-line
old-school
standpat
die-hard
paleoconservative
archconservative
unbending
stiff-necked
dictative
bullheaded
definite
unreasonable
deaf
shortsighted
unpersuadable
resistant
excludent
discriminate
austere
swayed
subjective
ascetic
embittered
skewed
favouringUK
ethnocentrist
jingo
discriminative
favoringUS
impractical
speculative
theoretical
pompous
ideological
unpragmatic
unrealistic
hypothetical
prude
proper
self-important
hard-line
disobliging
uncooperative
irrational
obstructive
unhelpful
right-wing
dogged
stern
holding fixed views
pertinacious
superior
tiresome
contrary
annoying
troublesome
difficult
unaccommodating
vexatious
awkward
illogical
communist
nar
rightist
unenlightened
sordid
tight
traditionalist
bloated
pretentious
condescending
unobjective
undemocratic
parsimonious
tightfisted
totalitarian
miserly
niggardly
anti-democratic
oppressive
repressive
conditioned
bossy
autocratic
cynical
bitter
jealous
apostolic
portentous
prelatic
ecclesiastical
papal
counter-revolutionary
Birchite
obscurantist
fattist
set in your ways
close-fisted
draconian
fascist
pontificating
swaggering
puffy
episcopal
grandiose
inclined
leaning
presupposing
retrogressive
backward-looking
medievalUS
right
prehistoric
outdated
mediaevalUK
regressive
counterrevolutionary
Tory
unreceptive
suspicious
antiliberal
proscriptive
greedy
penny-pinching
of fixed views
brusque
commanding
abrupt
imperial
summary
brisk
disenchanted
disillusioned
hostile
soured
pessimistic
tyrannous
willful
autocratical
positive
lordly
firm
overweening
tyrannic
masterful
misanthropic
green-eyed
distrustful
disappointed
covetous
compelling
undeniable
rigorous
decided
fixed
certain
stringent
finished
yellow
unenthusiastic
tainted
jaded
disapproving
unindifferent
opprobrious
unequal
iniquitous
unwarranted
unprincipled
dishonest
fraudulent
cheating
undue
dishonorableUS
unlawful
discreditable
uneven
devious
improper
unethical
downright
unchallengeable
unquestionable
categorical
bad
blameworthy
culpable
deceitful
vicious
cruel
shameful
false
grievous
wicked
unrightful
immoral
dishonourableUK
inexcusable
injurious
low
vile
wrongful
wrong
criminal
shameless
fascistic
confident
egotistical
unequivocal
tenacious
determined
wrong-headed
formal
uncalled-for
high and mighty
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Engaged in or promoting political revolution
revolutionary
insurgent
mutinous
rebel
rebellious
insurrectionary
subversive
rioting
factious
insubordinate
mutinying
seditious
agitational
inflammatory
renegade
anarchic
insurrectionist
radical
revolting
anarchical
anarchist
anarchistic
contumacious
traitorous
dissident
treasonable
rabble-rousing
riotous
unruly
disorderly
boisterous
rough
out of hand
headstrong
troublesome
rugged
unbridled
irrepressible
rampant
noisy
impetuous
raucous
termagant
errant
unrestrainable
brutal
impotent
aggressive
vicious
antisocial
belligerent
thuggish
hard
badly behaved
delinquent
unlawful
uncompliant
two-fisted
tough
indisciplined
radge
drunk
out-of-line
out-of-control
out-of-order
on-a-tear
stormy
agitated
unstable
explosive
unsettled
roller-coaster
storming
fiery
excited
shaking
roughhouse
vehement
perturbed
bitter
demonstrative
rambunctious
vociferous
passionate
stern
full of confusion
full of upheavals
full of conflict
attention-seeking
full of ups and downs
rumbustious
incontrollable
lively
rollicking
loud
romping
heedless
impulsive
impervious
drunken
opinionated
perverse
rash
bawdy
ornery
imprudent
forward
inexorable
unyielding
assertive
mean
out of line
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Favouring confrontational or violent methods in support of a political or social cause
militant
aggressive
belligerent
assertive
bellicose
combative
active
pugnacious
vigorous
pushy
fighting
radical
violent
warring
agonistic
argumentative
assaultive
brawly
chippy
combating
confrontational
contending
contentious
discordant
disputatious
extreme
feisty
fierce
forceful
gladiatorial
quarrelsome
scrappy
truculent
two-fisted
ultra-active
warlike
embattled
enthusiastic
fanatical
zealous
assertory
martial
militaristic
military
offensive
rebellious
revolutionary
warrish
in arms
up in arms
contumacious
tetchy
recalcitrant
ratty
shirty
obstinate
waspish
crotchety
refractory
critical
crabbed
curmudgeonly
shrewish
crusty
eggy
peckish
snaky
cross-grained
insubordinate
froward
hot-button
like a bear with a sore head
dyspeptic
balky
bilious
bloody-minded
scratchy
liverish
stuffy
waxy
snippety
bearish
vinegary
short-fused
mutinous
disobedient
on a short fuse
intractable
wayward
acid
bold
eristic
snarky
brusque
curt
snippy
unmanageable
gruff
raspy
stubborn
willful
sulky
trying
as cross as two sticks
disputable
cutting
pigheaded
thrawn
ungovernable
wilful
acerbic
contrarious
obstructive
moody
uncompromising
resisting
untoward
intransigent
short
restive
rebel
recusant
incompliant
vexed
tart
sarcastic
iracund
iracundulous
morose
fussy
uptight
snarling
temperamental
demanding
discontented
headstrong
waspy
out of humor
saturnine
pertinacious
obdurate
uncontrollable
whiny
acrimonious
hypercritical
ungracious
dissatisfied
self-willed
insubmissive
irritating
acrid
pitiless
ugly
undisciplined
out of sorts
tiresome
undisciplinable
in a mood
out of temper
indomitable
in a bad mood
inharmonious
unhelpful
litiginous
litigatious
behaviouralUK
tooshie
vinegarish
persuasive
outspoken
brief
scornful
heated
incontrollable
obstinately disobedient
non-compliant
renitent
pervicacious
daring
audacious
behavioralUS
noncompliant
withstanding
wild
sardonic
bristling
inflammable
intolerant
antisocial
embittered
vengeful
manic
hysterical
icy
uncomfortable
lawless
uneasy
severe
hard
subversive
corrosive
tense
grating
stern
huffish
disgruntled
bristly
glum
impatient
volatile
whingy
stinging
pungent
astringent
keen
disregardful
cheeky
reckless
dareful
sassy
resistive
dysfunctional
misanthropic
cynical
pouty
oversensitive
ireful
divided
split
displeased
resentful
whining
miserable
grumbling
crybaby
delinquent
unfeeling
annoying
brutal
devastating
piercing
acidulous
incisive
gloomy
annoyed
brooding
edgy
pouting
callous
galling
insensitive
naughty
badly behaved
ill-disciplined
mischievous
mortal
grousing
mardy
mumpish
growling
sorehead
sore
blunt
on edge
carping
griping
complaining
fretting
whingeing
childish
hasty
chuffy
acerb
comfortless
tumultuous
disagreeing
out of humour
socially impaired
bad
impudent
erratic
errant
disturbed
badly-behaved
misbehaving
pesky
roguish
rowdy
ill-behaved
problematic
troublous
incorrigible
maladjusted
exasperating
unrestrainable
irksome
uncompliant
rascally
uncontainable
devilish
wearisome
indocile
disorderly
abrasive
rubbing the wrong way
hard to take
overbearing
unrelenting
hard to please
unreasonable
unamenable
unaccommodating
grim
having got out of bed the wrong side
having got out of bed on the wrong side
nasty-tempered
hot under the collar
fault-finding
foul-tempered
out-of-sorts
easily offended
disharmonious
insurrectionary
seditious
sectarian
schismatic
hardheaded
boorish
rigid
inflexible
hard-nosed
tyrannical
picky
fastidious
finicky
disputed
debatable
strict
hard-line
resolute
immovable
oafish
stiff
inexorable
unbending
contended
uncertain
equivocal
ambivalent
unresolved
moot
unsure
grumbly
disobliging
importunate
strong-minded
single-minded
set in one's ways
finical
unpredictable
hard to handle
invidious
bull-headed
steadfast
choosy
fiendish
uppity
stiff-necked
delicate
dogmatic
oppressive
hard to satisfy
unflinching
overcritical
wrong-headed
impolite
unyielding
opinionative
perfectionist
particular
over-particular
dictatorial
divisive
malcontent
insurgent
estranged
alienated
disaffected
troublemaking
partisan
undecided
borderline
controvertible
unsettled
at variance
at odds
open to question
open to debate
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Being in favor of established ideas, conditions, or institutions
die-hard
archconservative
brassbound
button-down
buttoned-down
conservative
hidebound
mossbacked
old-fashioned
old-line
old-school
orthodox
paleoconservative
reactionary
standpat
traditional
traditionalistic
ultraconservative
uncompromising
unprogressive
convinced
dyed-in-the-wool
firm
fogyish
immovable
inflexible
intransigent
philistine
right
Tory
unreconstructed
more ❯
Adjective
▲
The outer, marginal, or extreme part of an area, group, or sphere of activity
fringe
alternative
radical
unconventional
avant-garde
extreme
innovative
unofficial
unorthodox
experimental
innovatory
offbeat
peripheral
left-field
marginal
nonmainstream
off Broadway
way out
original
new
unfamiliar
inventive
unusual
fresh
groundbreaking
quirky
forward-looking
novel
avant garde
off-centre
revolutionary
pioneering
modern
advanced
progressive
trailblazing
state-of-the-art
cutting-edge
newfangled
leading-edge
new-fashioned
innovational
futuristic
ultra-modern
modernistic
neoteric
nonconformist
unprecedented
contemporary
imaginative
bizarre
uncommon
individualistic
out of the ordinary
different
outlandish
far-out
heterodox
disruptive
latest
originative
up-to-date
trendsetting
weird
unwonted
idiosyncratic
strange
exotic
maverick
brand-new
oddball
mod
cranky
off-the-wall
irregular
ultramodern
off the wall
Promethean
high-tech
up-to-the-minute
dissenting
heretical
dissident
dissentient
singular
freakish
abnormal
uncustomary
curious
avant
wacky
unique
out-there
heretic
nonorthodox
current
visionary
iconoclastic
anomalous
cutting edge
aberrant
crazy
hot
inspired
designer
zany
sophisticated
kinky
wild
complex
forward-thinking
space-age
front-line
present-day
red-hot
new age
subversive
rebellious
underground
individual
odd
beat
quaint
rare
fantastic
wacko
extraordinary
atypical
queer
esoteric
vanguard
informal
ahead of the times
forward
funny
artistic
freaky
outré
expressive
absurd
artful
leading
ridiculous
unceremonious
clever
bizarro
recent
kooky
untried
out there
screwy
divergent
far out
exceptional
weirdo
unknown
deviceful
perverse
intricate
breakthrough
elaborate
Bohemian
modish
heteroclite
fertile
fashionable
out-of-the-box
formative
newly discovered
highly developed
up to date
game-changing
just out
blue-sky
up to the minute
recently developed
nifty
ahead of its time
seminal
mould-breaking
innovating
spearheading
liberal
lead
hip
head
rebel
unconforming
non-standard
mistakenly trendy
new wave
alternate
transformational
untested
fundamental
surprising
variational
unhackneyed
drastic
breaking new ground
surrealistic
world-shattering
up-and-coming
high-style
germinal
strategic
well-thought-out
multifaceted
well-designed
involved
well-planned
well-built
rad
groovy
deep
hippie
cool
21st-century
hi-tech
latter-day
landmark
updated
au courant
nouvelle
future
topical
modern-day
never-before-seen
questioning
out of this world
perplexing
erratic
inexplicable
baffling
peculiar
ludicrous
unaccountable
mystifying
irreverent
fanciful
remarkable
scepticalUK
critical
fabulous
romantic
funky
whacky
malcontent
renegade
mutinous
unreal
fantastical
extravagant
dreamy
improper
unsuitable
inappropriate
illegal
flakeyUS
beatnik
flakyUK
sectarian
anarchic
untraditional
schismatic
off the beaten path
mythical
fancy
whimsical
dreamlike
poetic
flighty
spaced-out
queerish
off-kilter
out-of-the-way
kookie
impious
denunciatory
illusory
brilliant
genius
imaginary
keen
chimerical
chimeric
vivid
phantasmal
quixotic
crackpot
phantasmic
astute
nonconforming
skepticalUS
free thinking
head in the clouds
out of touch with reality
far-fetched
higher
now
out of the common
unheard-of
brand new
this season's
new-fangled
unaccustomed
developed
newest
foremost
stylish
evolved
prime
ahead
supreme
today
refined
nontraditional
twenty-first century
complicated
pre-eminent
excellent
flash
far along
snazzy
well ahead
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far ahead
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Consisting of or spreading propaganda
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distorted
manipulative
one-sided
partisan
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