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

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. conservative

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. conservative

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

   Synonyms:
   undestroyed, unsuppressed, stationary, unrepealed

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 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. Ron Howard:

   As a conservative, I don't do a lot of talking with my fellow workers about politics. The business is — I don't want to say 'infested' but I will — with a lot of liberal-minded people, so when I go to work, I do my job. Away from work, I have a very wonderful group of like-minded friends and we gather and we share values and we get along great.

2. Jeb Bush:

   I want to win, though. I want the Republican Party's candidate to win. I want a conservative to serve in the White House, i believe I'm best qualified and that's why I'm fighting for this.

3. Tatiana Anderson:

   These numbers are probably on the conservative side, women know they shouldn't be smoking during pregnancy, and there is a certain population that either denies that they smoke or underestimates the number of cigarettes they smoke.

4. President Trump:

   I think Jeb Bush sees an opportunity and believes Jeb Bush can be Jeb Bush and that's the case Jeb Bush's going to make to voter, i think the challenge is that Ken Paxton is a solid conservative and the Republican primary electorate will have to be convinced that he's not.

5. Mo Brooks:

   So that's going to be the contest. Do the people of the state of Alabama want a principled conservative and are they going to be able to figure out who that principled conservative is as opposed to who the pretender is?

How to pronounce conservative?

How to say conservative in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency