Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun carpetbag

1 sense of carpetbag

Sense 1
carpetbag -- (traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century)
       => bag, traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, suitcase -- (a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him")

Antonyms of adj carpetbag

1 of 2 senses of carpetbag

Sense 2
carpetbag, carpetbagging -- (presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality; "a carpetbag stranger"; "a capetbag politician")

INDIRECT (VIA expedient) -> inexpedient -- (not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic")

Similarity of adj carpetbag

2 senses of carpetbag

Sense 1
carpetbag -- (following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers; "carpetbag adventurers"; "a carpetbag government")

Sense 2
carpetbag, carpetbagging -- (presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality; "a carpetbag stranger"; "a capetbag politician")
       => expedient (vs. inexpedient) -- (serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient")