FOGY Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

fogy

noun

ˈfō-gē

variants also fogey

Definition of fogy

as in conservative

a person with old-fashioned ideas old fogies who said that rap music would never last

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Recent Examples of fogy There’s no old fogey-ness to Lorne. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026 For the benefit of us old fogies? — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026 Now the 10% is for stubborn old fogies who refuse to change their ways and try something new. — Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2026 Old fogey-ish, ungrateful and stupid. — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025 These are people who know AI and have grown up with this stuff that these old fogies haven't. — Alison Snyder, Axios, 23 Feb. 2025 The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits. — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023 Young people with the right stuff can be far more resilient than we old fogies suspect. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2023 Consequently, throughout the 1970s and ’80s Wilson was viewed as a Tory, a young fogy. — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022

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Noun

There was a time when conservatives were opposed to increasing the debt.

— Kevin Igoe, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
President Emmanuel Macron has been the primary target of scorn following nationwide riots that overtook Paris and other cities, but the insurgent National Rally does not want to let mainstream conservatives off the hook.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of conservative

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The ceremony also marked the return of Japanese industry veteran Takeo Hisamatsu as festival director, following the departure of former chairman Hiroyasu Ando earlier this year.

— Gavin Blair, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026
The Athens, Georgia, jam-band veterans will close out 2026 with two Charlotte performances, including a New Year’s Eve concert.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of veteran

Noun

The scientists concluded Gerrothorax maritimus lived in the ocean because the fossils were found in deep sea sediments and were nearly complete skeletons.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Like fossils of prehistoric life, the evidence of all these past relationships lurked in the debris of our Connecticut household.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

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