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English adjective: conservative | |||
| 1. | conservative resistant to change | ||
| Similar | blimpish, buttoned-up, fusty, hidebound, nonprogressive, standpat, traditionalist, ultraconservative, unprogressive | ||
| See also | orthodox, right | ||
| Attribute | ideology, political orientation, political theory | ||
| Antonyms | liberal | ||
| 2. | conservative having social or political views favoring conservatism | ||
| Similar | right | ||
| Antonyms | center, left | ||
| 3. | conservative avoiding excess | ||
| Samples | A conservative estimate. | ||
| Synonyms | cautious | ||
| Similar | moderate | ||
| Antonyms | immoderate | ||
| 4. | conservative unimaginatively conventional | ||
| Samples | A colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business. | ||
| Synonyms | button-down, buttoned-down | ||
| Similar | conventional | ||
| Antonyms | unconventional | ||
| 5. | conservative conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class | ||
| Samples | A bourgeois mentality. | ||
| Synonyms | bourgeois, materialistic | ||
| Similar | middle-class | ||
| Antonyms | low-class, lower-class, upper-class | ||
English noun: conservative | |||
| 1. | conservative (person) a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas | ||
| Synonyms | conservativist | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adult, grownup | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | capitalist, conformist, diehard, extreme right-winger, fuddy-duddy, hardliner, minimalist, mossback, neocon, neoconservative, reactionary, right-winger, rightist, square, square toes, traditionalist, ultraconservative | ||
| Antonyms | liberal, liberalist, progressive | ||
| 2. | Conservative (person) a member of a Conservative Party | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fellow member, member | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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