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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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#618 | blue | |
#1452 | trial | |
#3623 | governor | |
#4600 | conservative | |
#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 | |
#24792 | bourgeois | |
#26021 | conservatism | |
#30905 | mercenary | |
#36852 | preservative | |
#37102 | curators | |
#47187 | conservator | |
#50696 | materialistic | |
#68402 | traditionalist | |
#85784 | governorate | |
#231956 | unsuppressed |
How to use conservative in a sentence?
She was very conservative. She was a stay-at-home mom. She was helping raising the children. She was helping take care of the mother at the house.
Someone like Huckabee is also doing it for conservative primary voters.
I expect that these strict restrictions on abortion will shore up any potential cracks in conservative Christian support for the Trump campaign, the momentum around conservative Supreme Court appointments and state-level abortion restrictions will justify why many have supported Trump.
North Korea’s political and economic policies may become more conservative, given the prolonged difficulties and the likelihood of their continuation into 2021, and consequently the regime’s perceived need to reinforce control to ensure national stability.
We have heard from the campaign, but the two have not yet spoken, we expect the speaker to be in touch with all the remaining candidates soon to discuss our efforts to build a bold conservative policy agenda for 2017.
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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