Synonyms for Conservative
kənˈsɜr və tɪvcon·ser·va·tive

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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

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1. conservative

   Synonyms:
   inadequate, incomplete, moderate, palliative, partial, slight, superficial, tentative, trial

   Antonyms:
   complete, constitutional, entire, essential, extreme, fundamental, ingrained, innate, native, natural, organic, original, perfect, positive, primitive, radical, thorough, thoroughgoing, total

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1. conservative

   Synonyms:
   undestroyed, unsuppressed, stationary, unrepealed

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

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1. conservative, conservativistnoun

   a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

   Synonyms:
   conservative, conservativist

   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

2. Conservativeadjective

   a member of a Conservative Party

   Synonyms:
   conservativist

   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

3. conservativeadjective

   resistant to change

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

   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

4. conservativeadjective

   having social or political views favoring conservatism

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

   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

5. cautious, conservativeadjective

   avoiding excess

   "a conservative estimate"

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

   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

6. button-down, buttoned-down, conservativeadjective

   unimaginatively conventional

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

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

   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

7. bourgeois, conservative, materialisticadjective

   conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

   "a bourgeois mentality"

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

   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

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1. opposed to change

   Submitted by anonymous on February 16, 2020  

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1. conservativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   opposed to change

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1. List of paraphrases for "conservative":

   curator, tory, prudent, curators, conservator, conservatism, cautious, governor, governorate, careful, preservative, governors, registrar

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1. Vivek Ramaswamy:

   A lot of the conservative base actually is familiar with me.

2. Brent McGoldrick:

   I fully expect smaller places to become more conservative and larger places to become more Democratic, if you believe geographic sorting / arbitrage is happening, then where people live and how they live is increasingly important in predicting their views on politics.

3. Marco Rubio:

   You say, 'David Duke' to me, I say, 'racist,' immediately, why wouldn't he condemn the Ku Klux Klan? There is no room in the conservative movement and there is no room in the Republican Party for members of the Ku Klux Klan or racists like David Duke.

4. Mark Levin:

   Ted Cruz is the most conservative candidate running, the most consistently conservative candidate running, i think Ted Cruz is a rock star. Cruz is like the conscience of a conservative in a Senate that is gutless, timid and cowardly.

5. Justin Trudeau:

   I know Canadians want a strong progressive government that would stop Conservative cuts.