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Synonyms for conservative
kənˈsɜr və tɪvcon·ser·va·tive
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Wiktionary
conservativenoun
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traditionalistconservativenoun
Tending to resist change.
The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.
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traditionalistconservativenoun
Based on pessimistic assumptions.
At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.
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traditionalistconservativenoun
A member of the Conservative party.
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traditionalistConservativenoun
A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, or its predecessors, or provincial equivalents, or their predecessors
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traditionalist, Blueconservativeadjective
Relating to the Conservative Party.
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tory
English Synonyms and Antonyms
conservative
Synonyms:
inadequate, incomplete, moderate, palliative, partial, slight, superficial, tentative, trialAntonyms:
complete, constitutional, entire, essential, extreme, fundamental, ingrained, innate, native, natural, organic, original, perfect, positive, primitive, radical, thorough, thoroughgoing, total
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
conservative
Synonyms:
undestroyed, unsuppressed, stationary, unrepealedAntonyms:
changed, newfangled, radical, progressive, modifiable, alterable, transitional
Princeton's WordNet
conservative, conservativistnoun
a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
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conservativistAntonyms:
liberal, liberalist, progressive, center, left, socialised, low-class, welfarist, lower-class, unconventional, liberalistic, neoliberal, reform-minded, welfare-statist, reformist, civil-libertarian, immoderate, upper-class, socializedConservativeadjective
a member of a Conservative Party
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conservativistAntonyms:
liberalist, liberal, progressive, welfarist, center, socialised, neoliberal, upper-class, lower-class, left, civil-libertarian, low-class, liberalistic, reformist, reform-minded, socialized, welfare-statist, immoderate, unconventionalconservativeadjective
resistant to change
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bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, buttoned-down, cautiousAntonyms:
liberalist, progressive, liberal, lower-class, low-class, reform-minded, center, welfare-statist, left, socialised, unconventional, civil-libertarian, welfarist, socialized, reformist, liberalistic, neoliberal, immoderate, upper-classconservativeadjective
having social or political views favoring conservatism
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bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, buttoned-down, cautiousAntonyms:
progressive, liberal, liberalist, low-class, left, center, unconventional, civil-libertarian, socialized, reform-minded, neoliberal, liberalistic, upper-class, reformist, lower-class, welfarist, socialised, welfare-statist, immoderatecautious, conservativeadjective
avoiding excess
"a conservative estimate"
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bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, buttoned-down, cautiousAntonyms:
liberalist, liberal, progressive, neoliberal, left, low-class, upper-class, welfare-statist, socialised, welfarist, socialized, liberalistic, lower-class, reformist, reform-minded, civil-libertarian, immoderate, unconventional, centerbutton-down, buttoned-down, conservativeadjective
unimaginatively conventional
"a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
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bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, cautious, buttoned-downAntonyms:
progressive, liberalist, liberal, reform-minded, low-class, reformist, welfarist, upper-class, unconventional, immoderate, welfare-statist, lower-class, socialized, neoliberal, liberalistic, center, civil-libertarian, socialised, leftbourgeois, conservative, materialisticadjective
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
"a bourgeois mentality"
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bourgeois, mercenary, buttoned-down, worldly-minded, materialistic, cautious, button-downAntonyms:
liberalist, liberal, progressive, left, socialized, neoliberal, center, upper-class, unconventional, lower-class, liberalistic, immoderate, socialised, welfarist, reform-minded, welfare-statist, low-class, reformist, civil-libertarian
Editors Contribution
opposed to change
Dictionary of English Synonymes
conservativeadjective
Synonyms:
opposed to change
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "conservative":
curator, tory, prudent, curators, conservator, conservatism, cautious, governor, governorate, careful, preservative, governors, registrar
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#4654 | partial | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#5469 | careful | |
#7177 | registrar | |
#7516 | slight | |
#8060 | incomplete | |
#10208 | inadequate | |
#10813 | stationary | |
#10956 | governors | |
#15140 | tentative | |
#17702 | tory | |
#18081 | cautious | |
#18432 | prudent | |
#19703 | superficial | |
#20171 | curator | |
#21621 | palliative | |
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#30905 | mercenary | |
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How to use conservative in a sentence?
For all the sort of ways that [ Chief Justice John Roberts ] has alienated some of the conservative movement legal folks through some of his rulings, he has seemed interested in disciplining bureaucratic agencies in a number of ways, and he's very interested in the separation of powers.
It would be absurd to say that their traditional if not conservative prosecutors caused those high increases in homicides.
Finance Minister Ibrahim Alassaf:
We were realistic in our estimates for next year's revenues in light of current and expected developments in the oil market. Maybe over the past years I agree we were conservative, but this year we were realistic.
I always had a lot of respect for his maverick nature, he going rogue -- wish he would have been kind of going rogue more on the common-sense conservative side of some issues. No, I certainly have respect for many of the things that he's accomplished.
We're seeing a double whammy of yen strength combined with Japan Inc's tendency to give very conservative guidance, so you have to acknowledge some uncertainty over how much capex will actually be impacted by the stronger yen because we're unsure just how much exaggeration we're seeing in dim earnings forecasts.
Translations for conservative
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- محافظArabic
- умерен, консервативен, консерватор, внимателенBulgarian
- conservador, republicàCatalan, Valencian
- konzervativníCzech
- konservativDanish
- Konvervative, konservativ, KonservativerGerman
- συντηρητικός, μετριοπαθής, επιφυλακτικός, ρεπουμπλικανόςGreek
- konservativaEsperanto
- conservadorSpanish
- محافظه کارPersian
- konservatiivi, konservatiivinen, vanhoillinen, varovainen, republikaaninenFinnish
- conservateur, prudentFrench
- coimeádachIrish
- שמרנית, שמרני, שמרןHebrew
- íhaldssinniIcelandic
- prudenteItalian
- 보수주의자Korean
- zachowawczy, konserwatywnyPolish
- conservador, prudentePortuguese
- conservatoare, conservatorRomanian
- республиканский, консерватор, умеренный, консервативныйRussian
- gammaldags, republikansk, bakåtsträvande, konservativSwedish
- อนุรักษนิยมThai
- muhafazakârTurkish
- קאנסערוואטיווYiddish
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