Definitions for conservative
kənˈsɜr və tɪvcon·ser·va·tive

Princeton's WordNet(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. conservative, conservativist(noun)

   a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

2. Conservative(adj)

   a member of a Conservative Party

3. conservative(adj)

   resistant to change

4. conservative(adj)

   having social or political views favoring conservatism

5. cautious, conservative(adj)

   avoiding excess

   "a conservative estimate"

6. button-down, buttoned-down, conservative(adj)

   unimaginatively conventional

   "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek

7. bourgeois, conservative, materialistic(adj)

   conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

   "a bourgeois mentality"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. conservative(Noun)

   A person who favors maintenance of the status quo or reversion to some earlier status.

   Etymology: From servare

2. conservative(Noun)

   A fiscal conservative

   Etymology: From servare

3. conservative(Noun)

   A political conservative

   Etymology: From servare

4. conservative(Noun)

   A social conservative.

   Etymology: From servare

5. conservative(Adjective)

   Tending to resist change.

   The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.

   Etymology: From servare

6. conservative(Adjective)

   Based on pessimistic assumptions.

   At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.

   Etymology: From servare

7. conservative(Adjective)

   Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.

   Etymology: From servare

8. conservative(Adjective)

   Relating to the Republican Party, regardless of its conservatism.

   Etymology: From servare

9. conservative(Adjective)

   Relating to the Conservative Party.

   Etymology: From servare

10. conservative(Adjective)

    Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.

    Etymology: From servare

11. Conservative(ProperNoun)

    Conservative Party

    Etymology: From servare

12. Conservative(ProperNoun)

    A member of a political party incorporating the word "Conservative" in its name.

    Etymology: From servare

13. Conservative(ProperNoun)

    A member of the Conservative party.

    Etymology: From servare

14. Conservative(ProperNoun)

    A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, or its predecessors, or provincial equivalents, or their predecessors

    Etymology: From servare

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Conservative(adj)

   having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative

   Etymology: [Cf. F. conservatif.]

2. Conservative(adj)

   tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation

   Etymology: [Cf. F. conservatif.]

3. 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

   Etymology: [Cf. F. conservatif.]

4. Conservative(noun)

   one who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver

   Etymology: [Cf. F. conservatif.]

5. Conservative(noun)

   one who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical

   Etymology: [Cf. F. conservatif.]

6. Conservative(noun)

   a member of the Conservative party

   Etymology: [Cf. F. conservatif.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(1.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. conservative

   One who is opposed to the things he is in favor of.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'conservative' in Nouns Frequency: #1372

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'conservative' in Adjectives Frequency: #201

How to pronounce conservative?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say conservative in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of conservative in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of conservative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of conservative in a Sentence

1. Marco Rubio:

   It's not traditional to the Republican and conservative movement, if we're going to truly be pro-family, then we have to provide people options for that.

2. Carolyn Spencer Brown:

   Disney is very conservative, very careful.

3. Kristy Campbell:

   The next president must have a plan to secure our borders and enforce our immigration laws, governor Bush is the only candidate in the entire presidential field who has presented a serious, conservative, comprehensive reform agenda to fix our broken system.

4. John Stephenson:

   Bay Street's preference is a conservative win as it maintains the status quo. Markets hate uncertainty.

5. Rick Santorum:

   Let's revitalize the conservative movement within the Republican Party as one voice, this is Rick Santorum, thank you for all the work you do and your dedication to our Republican Party.

Images & Illustrations of conservative

Popularity rank by frequency of use