English adjective: counterrevolutionary | |||
1. | counterrevolutionary relating to or being a counterrevolution | ||
2. | counterrevolutionary marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution | ||
Samples | Ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies. | ||
Antonyms | revolutionary | ||
English noun: counterrevolutionary | |||
1. | counterrevolutionary (person) a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution | ||
Synonyms | counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionist | ||
Broader (hypernym) | revolutionary, revolutionist, subversive, subverter | ||