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Synonyms for radical
ˈræd ɪ kəlrad·i·cal
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
radical
The widely divergent senses in which the word radical is used, by which it can be at some time interchanged with any word in the above list, are all formed upon the one primary sense of having to do with or proceeding from the root (Latin radix); a radical difference is one that springs from the root, and is thus constitutional, essential, fundamental, organic, original; a radical change is one that does not stop at the surface, but reaches down to the very root, and is entire, thorough, total; since the majority find superficial treatment of any matter the easiest and most comfortable, radical measures, which strike at the root of evil or need, are apt to be looked upon as extreme.
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complete, constitutional, entire, essential, extreme, fundamental, ingrained, innate, native, natural, organic, original, perfect, positive, primitive, thorough, thoroughgoing, totalAntonyms:
conservative, inadequate, incomplete, moderate, palliative, partial, slight, superficial, tentative, trial
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
radical
Synonyms:
original, fundamental, thoroughgoing, unsparing, extreme, entire, innate, natural, essential, immanent, ingrained, underived, deep-seatedAntonyms:
derived, ascititious, adventitious, superficial, extraneous, partial, moderate, conservative, acquired
Princeton's WordNet
group, radical, chemical groupnoun
(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
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root, theme, root word, free radical, grouping, mathematical group, base, chemical group, group, stemAntonyms:
moderate, cauline, old, incidental, incidentfree radical, radicalnoun
an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule
"in the body free radicals are high-energy particles that ricochet wildly and damage cells"
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root, theme, root word, free radical, base, chemical group, group, stemAntonyms:
old, incidental, cauline, moderate, incidentradicalnoun
a person who has radical ideas or opinions
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root, theme, root word, free radical, base, chemical group, group, stemAntonyms:
incident, old, moderate, incidental, caulineradicalnoun
(mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity
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root, theme, root word, free radical, base, chemical group, group, stemAntonyms:
incidental, incident, old, moderate, caulineradicalnoun
a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
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root, theme, root word, free radical, base, chemical group, group, stemAntonyms:
cauline, moderate, incidental, old, incidentroot, root word, base, stem, theme, radicaladjective
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
"thematic vowels are part of the stem"
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al-Qaeda, idea, groundwork, al-Qaida, ascendent, base, substructure, composition, paper, fundament, motif, prow, theme, ascendant, basis, group, understructure, shank, stalk, nucleotide, report, foundation, etymon, root, subject, floor, bow, fore, topic, free radical, melodic theme, source, ancestor, foot, antecedent, musical theme, infrastructure, alkali, cornerstone, origin, pedestal, home, rootage, tooth root, stem, base of operations, radix, root word, stand, stem turn, solution, beginning, chemical group, al-Qa'ida, bagAntonyms:
old, moderate, cauline, incidental, incidentextremist, radical, ultraadjective
(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
"extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative"
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revolutionary, ultra, basal, extremistAntonyms:
old, incident, incidental, cauline, moderaterevolutionary, radicaladjective
markedly new or introducing radical change
"a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views"
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revolutionary, ultra, rotatory, basal, extremistAntonyms:
cauline, moderate, old, incidental, incidentradicaladjective
arising from or going to the root or source
"a radical flaw in the plan"
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revolutionary, ultra, basal, extremistAntonyms:
incidental, cauline, old, moderate, incidentradicaladjective
of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root
"a radical verb form"
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revolutionary, ultra, basal, extremistAntonyms:
old, cauline, incident, moderate, incidentalradical, basaladjective
especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
"basal placentation"; "radical leaves"
Synonyms:
revolutionary, base, ultra, basal, extremist, primaryAntonyms:
moderate, incident, cauline, incidental, old
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extreme or progressive section
Dictionary of English Synonymes
radicaladjective
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original, fundamental, organic, constitutionalradicaladjective
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primitive, underived, uncompounded, simpleradicaladjective
radicalnoun
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come-outer, radical reformerradicalnoun
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primitive letterradicalnoun
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root, radix, etymon, primitive wordradicalnoun
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(Chem.) base
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
radicaladjective
Synonyms:
original, fundamental, extreme, thorough-going, primitiveAntonyms:
conservative, moderate, slight, trifling, derivativeradicalnoun
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "radical":
radicals, drastic, extremist, sweeping, hardline, free-radical, dramatic, hard-line, root-and-branch, fundamental, extreme, profound, thorough, radicalism, extremists, root, far-reaching, hardliner, militant
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How to use radical in a sentence?
Government, even under Reagan or either Bush, was a larger entity doing a lot more things than government in either one of those two situations, to see it as tremendously radical is an overstatement. You can see that in fact from some of the real progressives in the Democratic party who are not necessarily happy that Biden isn’t going further and being much more confrontational.
The picture is pretty dire, and so far at least bariatric surgery seems to be the only intervention that works but of course, it is a fairly radical and irreversible decision for a patient.
Podemos is a radical left party that's not well known by investors and that has triggered fears about what ... a coalition government with the Socialists would do in terms of economic policies (and) public spending.
Big Tech is out to get conservatives. But rather than address Republican concerns of bias and censorship on the internet, Democrats spent the last two days pushing radical antitrust legislation that will systematically change the United States economy as we know it.
President Biden has a pattern of putting unions first and Americans last, first, he allowed a radical teachers union to dictate scientific guidance effectively keeping children locked out of their classrooms. Now, he’s granted ethics waivers to allow former union officials to wield government power on behalf of the union bosses. This is a conflict of interest, pure and simple. The Biden Administration must provide answers about these controversial appointments.
Translations for radical
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- متطرفArabic
- radicalCatalan, Valencian
- radikál, radikálníCzech
- radikalDanish
- Wurzel, Radikale, radikal, radikalisch, Radikaler, krass, RadixGerman
- ριζοσπάστης, ρι, ριζοσπαστικόςGreek
- radicalSpanish
- kirjamärkEstonian
- رادیکالPersian
- mullistava, perusteellinen, perus, radikaali, radikaalinen, juuri, vapaa radikaaliFinnish
- clé, super, radicale, radical, génial, racineFrench
- उग्रHindi
- radikálisHungarian
- radikalIndonesian
- radicale, radicalicoItalian
- קיצוניHebrew
- ラジカル, 累乗根, 部首, 徹底的, 根, 根本的Japanese
- 부수, 근본적인, 部首Korean
- radicalisLatin
- kaiwhakatumaMāori
- radikalMalay
- radikalNorwegian
- radicaalDutch
- radikalNorwegian Nynorsk
- radikalNorwegian
- rodnik, klucz, radykał, pierwiastekPolish
- radicalPortuguese
- radical, de rădăcină, rădăcinalRomanian
- радика́льный, радикал, фундамента́льный, основно́й, ключ, корнево́й, кореньRussian
- radikalSwedish
- தீவிரவாதTamil
- รุนแรงThai
- radikalTurkish
- радикалUkrainian
- بنیاد پرستUrdu
- cấp tiến, căn nguyên, bộ thủ, 部首Vietnamese
- ראַדיקאַלYiddish
- 激進Chinese
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