conservative

con·ser·va·tive (k

n-sûr

-t

adj.

1. Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.

2. Traditional or restrained in style: a conservative dark suit.

3. Moderate; cautious: a conservative estimate.

a. Of or relating to the political philosophy of conservatism.

b. Belonging to a conservative party, group, or movement.

5. Conservative Of or belonging to the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada.

6. Conservative Of or adhering to Conservative Judaism.

7. Tending to conserve; preservative: the conservative use of natural resources.

1. One favoring traditional views and values.

2. A supporter of political conservatism.

3. Conservative A member or supporter of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada.

4. Archaic A preservative agent or principle.

con·serva·tive·ly adv.

con·serva·tive·ness n.

conservative

Adjective

1. favouring the preservation of established customs and values, and opposing change

2. moderate or cautious: a conservative estimate

3. conventional in style: people in this area are conservative in their tastes

Noun

a conservative person

conservatism n

Conservative

Adjective

1. of or supporting the Conservative Party, the major right-wing political party in Britain, which believes in private enterprise and capitalism

2. of or supporting a similar right-wing party in other countries

Noun

a supporter or member of the Conservative Party

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Noun	1.	conservative - a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas conservativist adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward capitalist - a conservative advocate of capitalism conformist - someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters) fuddy-duddy - a conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance; "you may accuse me of being and old fuddy-duddy trying to stop young people having fun" hardliner - a conservative who is uncompromising minimalist - a conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics mossback - an extremely old-fashioned conservative neocon, neoconservative - a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism extreme right-winger, reactionary, ultraconservative - an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism right-winger, rightist - a member of a right wing political party square toes, square - a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views diehard, traditionalist - one who adheres to traditional views liberal, liberalist, progressive - a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
	2.	Conservative - a member of a Conservative Party fellow member, member - one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family"
Adj.	1.	conservative - resistant to change orthodox - adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world" right - of or belonging to the political or intellectual right liberal - tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
	2.	conservative - having social or political views favoring conservatism right - of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
	3.	conservative - avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" cautious moderate - being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart"
	4.	conservative - unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek button-down, buttoned-down conventional - unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"
	5.	conservative - conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality" bourgeois, materialistic middle-class - occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy