1. thorough 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 d Synonyms: radical, complete, ingrained, perfect, constitutional, innate, positive, entire, native, primitive, essential, natural, thorough, extreme, organic, thoroughgoing, fundamental, original, total Antonyms: conservative, incomplete, palliative, slight, tentative, inadequate, moderate, partial, superficial, trial