What does conservative mean?
Definitions for conservative
kənˈsɜr və tɪvcon·ser·va·tive
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word conservative.
Princeton's WordNet
conservative, conservativist(noun)
a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
Conservative(adj)
a member of a Conservative Party
conservative(adj)
resistant to change
conservative(adj)
having social or political views favoring conservatism
cautious, conservative(adj)
avoiding excess
"a conservative estimate"
button-down, buttoned-down, conservative(adj)
unimaginatively conventional
"a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
bourgeois, conservative, materialistic(adj)
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
"a bourgeois mentality"
Wiktionary
conservative(Noun)
A person who favors maintenance of the status quo or reversion to some earlier status.
conservative(Noun)
A fiscal conservative
conservative(Noun)
A political conservative
conservative(Noun)
A social conservative.
conservative(Adjective)
Tending to resist change.
The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.
conservative(Adjective)
Based on pessimistic assumptions.
At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.
conservative(Adjective)
Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
conservative(Adjective)
Relating to the Republican Party, regardless of its conservatism.
conservative(Adjective)
Relating to the Conservative Party.
conservative(Adjective)
Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
Conservative(ProperNoun)
Conservative Party
Conservative(ProperNoun)
A member of a political party incorporating the word "Conservative" in its name.
Conservative(ProperNoun)
A member of the Conservative party.
Conservative(ProperNoun)
A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, or its predecessors, or provincial equivalents, or their predecessors
Origin: From servare
Webster Dictionary
Conservative(adj)
having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative
Conservative(adj)
tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation
Conservative(adj)
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
Conservative(noun)
one who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver
Conservative(noun)
one who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical
Conservative(noun)
a member of the Conservative party
Origin: [Cf. F. conservatif.]
The Roycroft Dictionary
conservative
One who is opposed to the things he is in favor of.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'conservative' in Nouns Frequency: #1372
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'conservative' in Adjectives Frequency: #201
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of conservative in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of conservative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of conservative in a Sentence
I'm a pretty staunch conservative.
Pocahontas is considered a conservative.
But I’m putting conservative people on.
Disney is very conservative, very careful.
But I ’m putting conservative people on.
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Translations for conservative
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- محافظArabic
- консервативен, консерватор, внимателен, умеренBulgarian
- conservador, republicàCatalan, Valencian
- konzervativníCzech
- konservativDanish
- Konvervative, Konservativer, konservativGerman
- συντηρητικός, επιφυλακτικός, ρεπουμπλικανός, μετριοπαθήςGreek
- konservativaEsperanto
- conservadorSpanish
- محافظه کارPersian
- vanhoillinen, republikaaninen, varovainen, konservatiivi, konservatiivinenFinnish
- conservateur, prudentFrench
- coimeádachIrish
- שמרנית, שמרן, שמרניHebrew
- íhaldssinniIcelandic
- prudenteItalian
- 보수주의자Korean
- zachowawczy, konserwatywnyPolish
- prudente, conservadorPortuguese
- conservatoare, conservatorRomanian
- консерватор, умеренный, консервативный, республиканскийRussian
- konservativ, gammaldags, republikansk, bakåtsträvandeSwedish
- muhafazakârTurkish
- קאנסערוואטיווYiddish
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