What are some opposite words for conservative?
Antonyms for conservative
kənˈsɜr və tɪvcon·ser·va·tive
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term conservative.
Wiktionary
conservativenoun
Synonyms:
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
Synonyms:
traditionalist, Blueconservativeadjective
Relating to the Conservative Party.
Synonyms:
tory
English Synonyms and Antonyms
conservative
Antonyms:
complete, constitutional, entire, essential, extreme, fundamental, ingrained, innate, native, natural, organic, original, perfect, positive, primitive, radical, thorough, thoroughgoing, totalSynonyms:
inadequate, incomplete, moderate, palliative, partial, slight, superficial, tentative, trial
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
conservative
Antonyms:
changed, newfangled, radical, progressive, modifiable, alterable, transitionalSynonyms:
undestroyed, unsuppressed, stationary, unrepealed
Princeton's WordNet
conservative, conservativistnoun
a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
Antonyms:
liberal, liberalist, progressive, center, left, socialised, low-class, welfarist, lower-class, unconventional, liberalistic, neoliberal, reform-minded, welfare-statist, reformist, civil-libertarian, immoderate, upper-class, socializedSynonyms:
conservativistConservativeadjective
a member of a Conservative Party
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liberalist, liberal, progressive, welfarist, center, socialised, neoliberal, upper-class, lower-class, left, civil-libertarian, low-class, liberalistic, reformist, reform-minded, socialized, welfare-statist, immoderate, unconventionalSynonyms:
conservativistconservativeadjective
resistant to change
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liberalist, progressive, liberal, lower-class, low-class, reform-minded, center, welfare-statist, left, socialised, unconventional, civil-libertarian, welfarist, socialized, reformist, liberalistic, neoliberal, immoderate, upper-classSynonyms:
bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, buttoned-down, cautiousconservativeadjective
having social or political views favoring conservatism
Antonyms:
progressive, liberal, liberalist, low-class, left, center, unconventional, civil-libertarian, socialized, reform-minded, neoliberal, liberalistic, upper-class, reformist, lower-class, welfarist, socialised, welfare-statist, immoderateSynonyms:
bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, buttoned-down, cautiouscautious, conservativeadjective
avoiding excess
"a conservative estimate"
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liberalist, liberal, progressive, neoliberal, left, low-class, upper-class, welfare-statist, socialised, welfarist, socialized, liberalistic, lower-class, reformist, reform-minded, civil-libertarian, immoderate, unconventional, centerSynonyms:
bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, buttoned-down, cautiousbutton-down, buttoned-down, conservativeadjective
unimaginatively conventional
"a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
Antonyms:
progressive, liberalist, liberal, reform-minded, low-class, reformist, welfarist, upper-class, unconventional, immoderate, welfare-statist, lower-class, socialized, neoliberal, liberalistic, center, civil-libertarian, socialised, leftSynonyms:
bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, cautious, buttoned-downbourgeois, conservative, materialisticadjective
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
"a bourgeois mentality"
Antonyms:
liberalist, liberal, progressive, left, socialized, neoliberal, center, upper-class, unconventional, lower-class, liberalistic, immoderate, socialised, welfarist, reform-minded, welfare-statist, low-class, reformist, civil-libertarianSynonyms:
bourgeois, mercenary, buttoned-down, worldly-minded, materialistic, cautious, button-down
How to use conservative in a sentence?
She’s a principled conservative who is interested in solving problems and empowering parents and making sure schools are accountable and transparent and promoting rigor, i don’t think this is something that given her druthers she would prefer to focus on, but she refuses to bullied.
Jeb can argue he had a more conservative record as governor, but that just may not count much with an electorate that remembers his father for a tax hike and his brother for two wars, jeb will have to battle those ghosts in order to get the nomination. He'll also have to navigate a field with multiple candidates who have every incentive to turn him into a creature of the past and brand themselves as the way of the future, to attack him as a Common Core-pushing technocrat, as soft on gay marriage, or as a lover of amnesty.
When I spoke to Alliance Defending Freedom last year, I learned that Southern Poverty Law Center had classified ADF as a' hate group,' they have used this designation as a weapon and they have wielded it against conservative organizations that refuse to accept their orthodoxy.
It’s great to see these kids here because these are the leaders in their high school campuses. These are the kids who are going to energize and motivate other kids to come out to vote and to volunteer and to push conservative values.
It's fair to say South African shareholders are pretty conservative and not very vocal on climate issues, it shows there is a lot more awareness and understanding of climate risk in our investment industry than might be apparent from what's publicly available.
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#315 | total | |
#448 | left | |
#522 | complete | |
#691 | original | |
#759 | natural | |
#1356 | perfect | |
#1462 | entire | |
#1467 | positive | |
#1802 | changed | |
#2131 | essential | |
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#2685 | extreme | |
#3170 | organic | |
#4110 | liberal | |
#4428 | fundamental | |
#4436 | progressive | |
#4600 | conservative | |
#5870 | constitutional | |
#6963 | radical | |
#9815 | thorough | |
#10591 | primitive | |
#11389 | transitional | |
#25535 | innate | |
#27020 | unconventional | |
#51984 | socialized | |
#52940 | ingrained | |
#57702 | reformist | |
#60382 | modifiable | |
#64082 | neoliberal | |
#100022 | newfangled | |
#152495 | thoroughgoing | |
#177689 | immoderate | |
#178747 | socialised | |
#209992 | alterable |
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