fogy
Stuck-in-the-past type
A fogy is a person with old-fashioned attitudes, resistant to new ideas or change.
Usually appears with *old*: Don't be such an old fogy—try the new software.
The word carries mild contempt, suggesting someone stuck in their ways.
Also spelled fogey.
Cautious about altering customs
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
- conformistOne following accepted norms
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
purist · establishment · diehard · reactionary · stickler · by-the-book · proper · strait-laced
Refusing to change course
- rigidUnable to bend
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- inflexibleUnable to bend
intransigent · curmudgeon · cantankerous · crotchety · grumpy · immovable · unbending · uncompromising
Long-tenured person
- geezerInformal term for old man
- codgerCrusty elderly man
- cootLobed-foot marsh bird
- seniorHigher in rank
greybeard · elder · retiree · patriarch · matriarch · silver-haired · dotard · aged
Belonging to earlier times
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- behind-the-timesOut of step culturally
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
archaic · passé · anachronistic · superannuated · moth-eaten · fusty · musty · square
Longing for the past
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
- reminiscentTending to recall
- backward-lookingOriented toward the past
- yesteryearTime not long past
bygone · halcyon · wistful · sepia-toned · vintage · retro · traditionalist · romanticizing
conservative
Cautious about altering customs
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
- conformistOne following accepted norms
orthodox · purist · establishment · diehard · reactionary · stickler · by-the-book · proper · strait-laced · buttoned-up
stubborn
Refusing to change course
- rigidUnable to bend
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
inflexible · intransigent · curmudgeon · cantankerous · crotchety · grumpy · immovable · unbending · uncompromising · resistant
old-timer
Long-tenured person
senior · greybeard · elder · retiree · patriarch · matriarch · silver-haired · dotard · aged · decrepit
old-fashioned
Belonging to earlier times
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- behind-the-timesOut of step culturally
- obsoleteNo longer in use
dated · archaic · passé · anachronistic · superannuated · moth-eaten · fusty · musty · square · unhip
nostalgic
Longing for the past
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
- reminiscentTending to recall
- backward-lookingOriented toward the past
yesteryear · bygone · halcyon · wistful · sepia-toned · vintage · retro · traditionalist · romanticizing · longing
fogyprogressive
Favoring reform and innovation
radical · modernist · liberal · reformer · revolutionary
fogytrendsetter
One who initiates styles
hipster · early adopter · trendy · fashionista · modernizer
fogyyoung Turk
Impatient advocate for upheaval
whippersnapper · firebrand · enfant terrible · young blood · upstart
- old fogeyOutdated, inflexible person
- old fogyOne with outdated views
- old fogiesOutdated, conservative individuals
- young fogyYouth with antiquated tastes
- young fogeyYouthful person with antiquated tastes
- young fogiesYouth with antiquated tastes