Defenition of the word conservative
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Defenition of the word conservative
- A person who is conservative in principles, actions, habits, etc.
- conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality"
- unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business"- Newsweek
- avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"
- resistant to change
- opposed to liberal reforms
- a person who has conservative ideas or opinions
- a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
- a member of a Conservative Party
- conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
- unimaginatively conventional
- avoiding excess
- having social or political views favoring conservatism
Synonyms for the word conservative
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- bourgeois
- button-down
- buttoned-down
- cautious
- conservativist
- materialistic
Similar words in the conservative
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- blimpish
- buttoned-up
- conventional
- fusty
- hidebound
- middle-class
- moderate
- nonprogressive
- orthodox
- right
- standpat
- standpat(a)
- traditionalist
- ultraconservative
- unprogressive
Hyponyms for the word conservative
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- capitalist
- conformist
- diehard
- extreme right-winger
- fuddy-duddy
- hardliner
- minimalist
- mossback
- neocon
- neoconservative
- reactionary
- right-winger
- rightist
- square
- square toes
- traditionalist
- ultraconservative
Hypernyms for the word conservative
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- adult
- fellow member
- grownup
- member
Antonyms for the word conservative
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