OLD-LINE Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

old-line

adjective

ˈōl(d)-ˈlīn

Definition of old-line

as in traditional

tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions an old-line professor who still taught as if it were 1930

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Recent Examples of old-line Built on a hillside overlooking Vila Nova de Gaia (where most of the old-line port merchants are located) and the Douro River, the luxurious 82-room hotel gets its identity from the local wine trade. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026 There were old-line Whigs who preferred some sort of compromise, and in the upper South, there were those who thought the Union was indivisible. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026 And for the first time, top Wall Street banks weren’t just attracting WASP or old-line German Jewish men with family ties to banking, the historic mainstays of the finance world. — Literary Hub, 15 May 2026 The larger, at 31 Pratt, is the former headquarters of Society for Savings, an old-line bank whose roots stretched back to 1819. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for old-line

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Upon landing in Samarkand on Sunday night, Rubio was warmly embraced by Uzbekistan’s foreign minister, Bakhtiyor Saidov, while two women clad in elaborate gold-and-black traditional dresses presented him with a bouquet.

— Reuters, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
In all these areas, the traditional aid system is falling short.

— David Miliband, Time, 19 Oct. 2026

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