radical

adj.- a description of an action or thing which is especially impressive.

n.- an extremist of a belief or a rebel

Did you see Tony Hawk pull off the 900? It was a radical move.

by Brendan aka Benj June 5, 2004

radical

A radical is a person subscribing to a political ideology supporting massive, unmeasured, and rapid change. Radicalism is contrasted with conservatism that advocate minimum change, reactionary action advocating counter-change, as well as progressivism advocating moderate/measured change.

A radical would want to chang, for example, a feudal system into a completely capitalist system, or a completely capitalist system into a communist one. Another exaple of radicalism would be a person who wanted to change an Islamic Theocracy into an Atheist state (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/state_atheism)!

by Secular leftist October 23, 2005

radical

Means something good.

Skateboards are totally radical dude!

by plop and snot of the day April 30, 2006

radical

A word used by people over the age of 30 in an attempt to sound cool, usually resulting in the opposite.

Jim: (to friend) Hey check it out I got a new snowboard.

Jim's mom: (overhearing conversation) Yeah its totally radical.

Jim: OK you can go away now.

by shoop April 3, 2006

radical

This word describes something that is considered very good.

That trick was totally radical dude!

by craig May 6, 2004

radical

something that is incredibly cool
a better word for 'awesome' or 'cool'

'wow you know kirstie?'
'yeah, she's fucking radical'

by fuckingradical November 2, 2012

radical

when something is so tremendously keen that you must proclaim your observation of it being so.

"Gee! that Alienware Gaming System with optimal internal fiber optic lighting is RADICAL!!"

by Doodster December 13, 2006