Conservative in English dictionary

  • conservative

    Meanings and definitions of "Conservative"

    • Tending to resist change.
    • Based on pessimistic assumptions.
    • (US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
    • (US, politics) Relating to the Republican Party, regardless of its conservatism.
    • (UK, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
    • (physics) (no comparative or superlative) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
    • A person who favors maintenance of the status quo or reversion to some earlier status.
    • (US, economics) A fiscal conservative
    • (US, politics) A political conservative
    • (US, social sciences) A social conservative.
    • adjective
      Cautious.
    • adjective
      Tending to resist change or innovation.
    • adjective
      Based on pessimistic assumptions.
    • adjective
      (US, economics, politics, social sciences)
      Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
    • adjective
      (Britain, politics)
      Relating to the Conservative Party.
    • adjective
      (physics, not comparable)
      Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
    • adjective
      Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
    • adjective
      (Judaism)
      Relating to Conservative Judaism.
    • noun
      A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
    • noun
      (US, economics)
      A fiscal conservative
    • noun
      (US, politics)
      A political conservative
    • noun
      (US, social sciences)
      A social conservative.
    • A person who is conservative in principles, actions, habits, etc.
    • social conservative
    • Canadian conservative
    • tending to resist change
    • based on pessimistic assumptions
    • supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
    • US: relating to the Republican party
    • one who favors the status quo
    • UK: member of the Conservative party
    • fiscal conservative
    • political conservative
    • adjective
      avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"
    • adjective
      conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality"
    • adjective
      having social or political views favoring conservatism
    • adjective
      resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion
    • adjective
      unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
    • noun
      a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

    Synonyms of "Conservative" in English dictionary

    hidebound, buttoned-up, blimpish are the top synonyms of "Conservative" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "Conservative" in English dictionary

    liberal is the antonym of "Conservative" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Conservative

    • conservative ( plural  conservatives)
    • conservative ( comparative more conservative, superlative most conservative)
    • conservative (comparative more conservative, superlative most conservative)
    • conservative (plural conservatives)
  • Conservative

    Meanings and definitions of "Conservative"

    • Conservative Party
    • (politics) A member of a political party incorporating the word "Conservative" in its name.
    • (UK, politics) A member of the Conservative party.
    • (Canada, politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, or its predecessors, or provincial equivalents, or their predecessors
    • noun
      (politics)
      A member of a political party incorporating the word "Conservative" in its name.
    • noun
      (Judaism)
      pertaining to Conservative Judaism
    • noun
      a member of a Conservative Party

    Grammar and declension of Conservative

    • Conservative ( plural Conservatives)
    • Conservative (plural Conservatives)

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