radical
adjective
[ ˈradɪk(ə)l ]
• (especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough.
• "a radical overhaul of the existing regulatory framework"
Similar:
thoroughgoing,
thorough,
complete,
total,
entire,
absolute,
utter,
comprehensive,
exhaustive,
root-and-branch,
sweeping,
far-reaching,
wide-ranging,
extensive,
profound,
drastic,
severe,
serious,
major,
desperate,
stringent,
violent,
forceful,
rigorous,
draconian,
• advocating or based on thorough or complete political or social change; representing or supporting an extreme or progressive section of a political party.
Similar:
revolutionary,
progressive,
reforming,
reformist,
revisionist,
progressivist,
leftist,
left-wing,
ultra-left,
socialist,
anti-capitalist,
extreme,
extremist,
fanatical,
militant,
diehard,
red,
swivel-eyed,
Bolshevik,
• denoting or relating to the roots of a word.
• relating to or forming the root of a number or quantity.
• of, or springing direct from, the root or stem base of a plant.
• very good; excellent.
• "Okay, then. Seven o'clock. Radical!"
radical
noun
• a person who advocates thorough or complete political or social change, or a member of a political party or section of a party pursuing such aims.
Similar:
revolutionary,
progressive,
reformer,
revisionist,
leftist,
left-winger,
socialist,
militant,
zealot,
extremist,
fanatic,
diehard,
ultra,
red,
Bolshevik,
Bolshevist,
• a group of atoms behaving as a unit in a number of compounds.
• the root or base form of a word.
• a quantity forming or expressed as the root of another.
Origin:
late Middle English (in the senses ‘forming the root’ and ‘inherent’): from late Latin radicalis, from Latin radix, radic- ‘root’.
