" hidebound "

1: tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions;

  * e.g., " ... the hidebound innkeeper refused to see the need for a Web site, insisting that the inn had done without one for over 150 years "

•  Synonyms : 

•  archconservative,

•  brassbound,

•  button-down,

•  conservative,

•  die-hard,

•  mossbacked,

•  old-fashioned,

•  old-line,

•  old-school,

•  orthodox,

•  paleoconservative,

•  reactionary,

•  standpat,

•  traditional,

•  traditionalistic,

•  ultraconservative,

•  unprogressive

•  Antonyms : 

•  broad-minded,

•  large-minded,

•  liberal,

•  nonconservative,

•  nonconventional,

•  nonorthodox,

•  nontraditional,

•  open-minded,

•  progressive,

•  unconventional,

•  unorthodox