conservative

/kənsˈɝvətɪv/ · 4 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion
2. having social or political views favoring conservatism
3. avoiding excess
   “a conservative estimate”
4. unimaginatively conventional- Newsweek
   “a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business”
5. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
   “a bourgeois mentality”

noun

1. a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
2. a member of a Conservative Party

Synonyms for conservative

• blimpish
• buttoned-up
• fusty
• hidebound
• ultraconservative
• right
• cautious
• moderate
• button-down
• buttoned-down
• conventional
• bourgeois
• materialistic
• middle-class
• conservativist

Antonyms of conservative

• liberal

Words that rhyme with conservative

• preservative
• ultraconservative
• neoconservative