old fogy
Stuck-in-the-past person
An old fogy is someone with outdated or excessively conservative attitudes, resistant to new ideas or change.
The term implies stubbornness and irrelevance rather than mere age—a young person can be an old fogy about music or technology.
Usually mildly dismissive: Don't be such an old fogy; try the new software.
Also spelled old fogey.
Old-fashioned, overly fussy person
- stick-in-the-mudOverly cautious traditionalist
- dinosaurExtinct Mesozoic reptile
- squareRhombus with right angles
- has-beenFormer notable, now irrelevant
codger · curmudgeon · dodo · mossback · antediluvian · fossil · relic · geezer
Unable to bend
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- pigheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
hidebound · rigid · unbending · immovable · uncompromising · resistant · close-minded · entrenched
One fearing modern devices
- stuckUnable to move
- behind-the-timesOut of step culturally
- analogComparable equivalent
- unmodernNot of current times
obsolescent · backward-looking · regressive · unprogressive · stagnant · calcified
Time not long past
- reminiscingEnjoyably recalling the past
- bygoneOf earlier times
- vintageQuality from past eras
- retroEvoking recent past
sentimental · wistful · romanticizing · longing · heyday · sepia-toned · rose-tinted · antiquarian
fuddy-duddy
Old-fashioned, overly fussy person
- stick-in-the-mudOverly cautious traditionalist
- dinosaurExtinct Mesozoic reptile
- squareRhombus with right angles
has-been · codger · curmudgeon · dodo · mossback · antediluvian · fossil · relic · geezer · coot
inflexible
Unable to bend
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- pigheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
mulish · hidebound · rigid · unbending · immovable · uncompromising · resistant · close-minded · entrenched · opinionated
technophobe
One fearing modern devices
- stuckUnable to move
- behind-the-timesOut of step culturally
- analogComparable equivalent
unmodern · obsolescent · backward-looking · regressive · unprogressive · stagnant · calcified
yesteryear
Time not long past
- reminiscingEnjoyably recalling the past
- bygoneOf earlier times
- vintageQuality from past eras
retro · sentimental · wistful · romanticizing · longing · heyday · sepia-toned · rose-tinted · antiquarian
old fogyprogressive
Favoring reform and innovation
radical · free thinker · modernist · liberal · nonconformist
old fogytrendsetter
One who initiates styles
hipster · fashionista · cool kid · tastemaker · influencer
old fogyyoung Turk
Impatient advocate for upheaval
whippersnapper · young blood · young gun · spring chicken · live wire
old, older, oldest, olden, oldster, fogy, fogey, fogies, fogeys