Another word for radical
radical
modif.
Fundamental
basic, original, primitive, underlying; see fundamental 1, organic.
Advocating extreme change
extremist, revolutionary, fanatical, militant, rabid, insurgent, iconoclastic, advanced, forward, insurrectionary, progressive, revisionist, abolitionist, leftist, communistic, left-wing, uncompromising, intransigent, recalcitrant, mutinous, rebellious, recusant, subversive, seditious, riotous, lawless, ultraconservative, racist, white supremacist, insubordinate, anarchistic, nihilistic, Bolshevistic, Communist, socialist, liberal, immoderate, heretical, freethinking, avant-garde, Jacobinic, ultraist, ultraistic, ultra, red*, pink*; see also fanatical, rebellious 2, revolutionary 1.
Antonyms conservative*, reformist, gradualist.
Thoroughgoing
extreme, drastic, thorough, complete; see comprehensive, extreme 2. See syn. study at liberal.
radical
n.
extremist, militant, revolutionary, fanatic, insurgent, objector, revolutionist, insurrectionist, leftist, anarchist, socialist, communist, pacifist, syndicalist, nihilist, ultraist, ultra, subversive, rebel, revolter, mutineer, firebrand, Jacobin, sans-culotte, Bolshevik, Bolshevist, anarcho-syndicalist, renegade, crusader, individualist, fascist, Nazi, racist, white supremacist, misfit, iconoclast, member of the lunatic fringe, eccentric, freethinker, rightist, yippie, hippie, Black nationalist, demonstrator, peace marcher, rioter, fifth columnist, nonconformist, left-winger, right-winger, ultraconservative, John Bircher, pinko*, red*; see also agitator, rebel 1.
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Another word for radical
Arising from or going to the root or source:
basal, basic, foundational, fundamental, original, primary, underlying. See surfaceHolding especially political views that deviate drastically and fundamentally from conventional or traditional beliefs:
extreme, extremist, fanatic, fanatical, rabid, revolutionary, ultra. (Slang) far-out. See concern, edge, politics
One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures:
extremist, fanatic, revolutionary, revolutionist, ultra, zealot. See edge, concern, politics
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