What are some single-word options for the antonym for a luddite?   Its a great word with an interesting etymology, I am just wondering if there are any similarly storied words that mean the opposite?  From Dictionary.com     Luddite - noun         someone who is opposed or resistant to new technologies or technological change.
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What do you call a person who started something that is later followed by everyone? For example, someone started to stay late at night till 8 p.m. and later everyone started to stay till 8 p.m..
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What would be a nice short expression to describe a choice which isn't really one, in that all of its possible outcomes are ultimately equivalent despite being presented as different?  My first thought was "false choice", but this turns out to have a different meaning, and my next idea was "empty choice" which doesn't seem to exist. Does anyone know of such an expression?
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I'm looking for a word or a phrase (preferably a noun phrase) that describes   something current,  which should not be still present, because it is kind of outdated, but is still around us because of historical reasons.   Naturally, what should or should not be present is subjective, and by using this word one actually expresses an opinion on the matter. Please note, that it doesn't have to have negative connotation, e.g. a character might observe that the world should have moved already, but he or she is glad that it didn't. I'm most interested in neutral or negative flavors, but I would appreciate other suggestions as well.  In a sense it is an antonym (or dual) for 'anachronism', because instead of author-inserted out-of-time thing we have author-wishes-to-be-removed current thing.  What word or a phrase would best describe such a thing?
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Are you his dependency, dependendee or something else? What is this type of opposite word called?  I believe it is not called antonym, as that would be independent.
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What is a synonym of jack of all trades, master of none?   I want to differentiate it from a generalist (might have deep knowledge about everything)?   On the same note, is there a better way to say jack of all trades, master of all?
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What is the term for words that have changed meaning over time? For example, in relation to  the term snafu  and was used to define a person, team, organisation, etc that continually makes mistakes. The first time I saw the term was in relation to a data protection leak and this now seems a pretty common usage e.g  amongst the tech community.  Is there a term to describe words that have changed meaning over time, or words that have been adopted by a particular community and had their meaning altered?
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I recently read somewhere a single word that described a person who enjoyed an argument - in the sense of a lively debate. It may have been a word implying a positive or neutral context but I don't think it was negative or derogatory.  A complex word (uncommon in colloquial use), medium length (7-8 letters), possibly ending in -ic. One or more of these points may be a false memory.  Any ideas?
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In a sentence, when talking about future, for a person with huge potential.     X has the potential for some ? research in Y field.   I was thinking   game changing revolutionary   but both of these do not convey the right meaning.  Is there some other word that will serve the purpose here?
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For example:   &quot;transparent&quot; can mean both &quot;obvious&quot; and &quot;hidden&quot;  &quot;aught&quot; can mean both &quot;all&quot; and &quot;nothing&quot;    Is there a term for a word which has multiple definitions that are antonyms?
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What do we call a person who keeps switching his stance on a topic during a discussion involving various sentences. What I mean is the speaker rejects something while accepting it indirectly. "Inconsistent" seems really close in a general sense. But he rejects it directly and again accepts it indirectly ( and I don't know he realizes that or not) again and again during a discussion.   I want it to have a neutral connotation as the person seems to be confused with his own ideas yet claiming to be right but we never know what are his intentions. Also it would be nice have a "politically correct" word for this.  I am not able to phrase the exact sentence because it is from another language and I need an English word for this activity/person. So every one is welcome to edit the question and add appropriate example sentences.
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Is there an English word or idiom that describes a person who's blissfully unaware or oblivious to their surroundings? I always thought this word was "aloof," but "aloof" seems to hold a rather negative connotation, whereas the word I'm looking would almost connote a positive, like "living in a fairy tale" - or something along these lines. Is there a word for this, or is "oblivious" as close as we get?
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What is a word which means something difficult or close to impossible to achieve? For example,     A ten-percent growth rate is a __: it is certainly possible on paper, but very difficult to accomplish.   I can think of a castle in the air or an ideal prospect, but I would love to have a simple one-word substitute.
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I'm looking for a word (a noun) to describe a person who faces the challenges of life (small and large) courageously despite the risk of failure.   It would be nice if this noun does not necessarily imply that the person has experienced setbacks himself, rather that this wisdom of having courage could also have sprung out of reflection about possible risks. But that's just a bonus.  I'll be using the word as the name for a character type in a game (other characters include saint and criminal), so it needs to be a single noun.
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What do you call it when someone has a strong opinion about something without having any experience with that thing? For example, if someone writes an entire newspaper article about how disgusting pie is without having ever eaten pie.  The word lodged in my brain is "hypocritical", but I know that's not correct.
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The antonym of "upgrade" is "downgrade", quite broadly used.    What is the antonym of "update"?    Update: Though, I hoped for something like "un-update" because reverting or uninstalling updates are much lengthier. Update2: After having further answers about "Restore", et al, I decided to restore the phrase from my original update.      Yes, I can revert updates (uninstall   service packs, hotfixes or restore   the operating system to a previous   state/image)
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I need a single word which means "keep moving forward". What are my options?  I need word as   persevere Be persistent, refuse to stop  cognizant (sometimes followed by 'of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception  [] keep moving forward  I want to make meaningful name for firm  please help me
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I'm looking for a word that describes "to enable or to disable".  found the hypernyms mode and state, but I am looking for a verb. I.e. a word for "(potentially) change mode/state".  I guess to switch is a good match, but unfortunately in JavaScript (my target language), switch is a reserved keyword.  What alternatives are there?