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1. (adj.) conservative
disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
2. conservative
cautiously moderate:
a conservative estimate.
3. conservative
traditional in style or manner; avoiding novelty or showiness:
a conservative suit.
4. conservative
(cap.) of or pertaining to a conservative political party, esp. the Conservative Party of Great Britain.
5. conservative
of or pertaining to political conservatism.
6. conservative
(cap.) conforming to or characteristic of Conservative Judaism.
7. conservative
having the power or tendency to conserve; preservative.
8. (n.) conservative
a person who is conservative in principles, actions, habits, etc.
9. conservative
a supporter of conservative political policies.
10. conservative
(cap.) a member of a conservative political party, esp. the Conservative Party of Great Britain.
11. conservative
a preservative.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < MF < LL)
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| Definition of 'conservative' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) conservative, conservativist
a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
2. (adj) Conservative
a member of a Conservative Party
3. (adj) conservative
resistant to change
4. (adj) conservative
having social or political views favoring conservatism
5. (adj) cautious, conservative
avoiding excess
"a conservative estimate"
6. (adj) button-down, buttoned-down, conservative
unimaginatively conventional
"a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
7. (adj) bourgeois, conservative, materialistic
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
"a bourgeois mentality"
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1. (adjective) conservative
avoiding change and preferring traditional ways
conservative views/values/beliefs; a conservative style of dressing
2. conservative
supporting right-wing political ideas
conservative members of Congress
3. conservative
(of an estimate) at the lower end of a range of possible numbers
Three hundred is a conservative estimate.
4. (noun) conservative
sb who avoids change and prefers traditional ways
a conservative town
5. conservative
sb who supports right-wing political ideas
conservatives in Congress; to dress conservatively; conservatively estimated at $105 billion
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) conservative
having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative
2. (adj) conservative
tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation
3. (adj) conservative
of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the Conservative party in England; -- contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical
4. (noun) conservative
one who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver
5. (noun) conservative
one who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical
6. (noun) conservative
a member of the Conservative party
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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conservative
One who is opposed to the things he is in favor of.
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Sense: disliking change
Older people tend to be conservative in their attitudes; conservative opinions.
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 Afrikaans: behoudend, konserwatief |
 Arabic: مُحافِظ، تَقليدي |
 Bulgarian: традиционен |
 Brazilian: conservador |
 Czech: konzervativní |
 German: konservativ |
 Danish: konservativ |
 Greek: συντηρητικός, που δεν του |
 Spanish: conservador |
 Estonian: alalhoidlik |
 Farsi: محتاط؛ سنتی |
 Finnish: konservatiivinen |
 French: conservateur/-trice |
 Hebrew: שַׁמרָן |
 Hindi: रुढ़िवादी |
 Croatian: kojičuva, uzdržava, oprez |
 Hungarian: konzervatív |
 Indonesian: kolot |
 Icelandic: íhaldsamur |
 Italian: conservatorio |
 Japanese: 保守的な |
 Korean: 보수적인 |
 Lithuanian: konservatyvus |
 Latvian: konservatīvs; piesardzīgs |
 Malay: kolot |
 Dutch: conservatief |
 Norwegian: konservativ, konserverend |
 Polish: konserwatywny |
 Persian: محتاط؛ سنتی |
 Pashto: محافظه كار، دنور تحولاتو |
 Portuguese: conservador |
 Romanian: conservator |
 Russian: консервативный |
 Slovak: konzervatívny |
 Slovenian: konservativen, nazadnjašk |
 Serbian: konzervativan |
 Swedish: konservativ |
 Thai: ที่เป็นอนุรักษ์นิยม |
 Turkish: tutucu |
 Taiwanese: 守舊的 |
 Ukrainian: консервативний |
 Urdu: اعتدال پسند، قدامت پسند |
 Vietnamese: bảo thủ |
 Chinese: 守旧的 |
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