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.

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  1. conservativenoun

    Synonyms:
    traditionalist

  2. conservativenoun

    Tending to resist change.

    The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.

    Synonyms:
    traditionalist

  3. conservativenoun

    Based on pessimistic assumptions.

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

    Synonyms:
    traditionalist

  4. conservativenoun

    A member of the Conservative party.

    Synonyms:
    traditionalist

  5. Conservativenoun

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

    Synonyms:
    traditionalist, Blue

  6. conservativeadjective

    Relating to the Conservative Party.

    Synonyms:
    tory

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. conservative

    Antonyms:
    changed, newfangled, radical, progressive, modifiable, alterable, transitional

    Synonyms:
    undestroyed, unsuppressed, stationary, unrepealed

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. 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, socialized

    Synonyms:
    conservativist

  2. Conservativeadjective

    a member of a Conservative Party

    Antonyms:
    liberalist, liberal, progressive, welfarist, center, socialised, neoliberal, upper-class, lower-class, left, civil-libertarian, low-class, liberalistic, reformist, reform-minded, socialized, welfare-statist, immoderate, unconventional

    Synonyms:
    conservativist

  3. conservativeadjective

    resistant to change

    Antonyms:
    liberalist, progressive, liberal, lower-class, low-class, reform-minded, center, welfare-statist, left, socialised, unconventional, civil-libertarian, welfarist, socialized, reformist, liberalistic, neoliberal, immoderate, upper-class

    Synonyms:
    bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, buttoned-down, cautious

  4. conservativeadjective

    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, immoderate

    Synonyms:
    bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, buttoned-down, cautious

  5. cautious, conservativeadjective

    avoiding excess

    "a conservative estimate"

    Antonyms:
    liberalist, liberal, progressive, neoliberal, left, low-class, upper-class, welfare-statist, socialised, welfarist, socialized, liberalistic, lower-class, reformist, reform-minded, civil-libertarian, immoderate, unconventional, center

    Synonyms:
    bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, buttoned-down, cautious

  6. button-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, left

    Synonyms:
    bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, cautious, buttoned-down

  7. bourgeois, 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-libertarian

    Synonyms:
    bourgeois, mercenary, buttoned-down, worldly-minded, materialistic, cautious, button-down

How to use conservative in a sentence?

  1. Frederick Hess:

    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.

  2. Ben Domenech:

    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.

  3. Jeff Sessions:

    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.

  4. Kyle Kashuv:

    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.

  5. Tracey Davies:

    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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