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Meaning of conservative in English
Pronunciation
/kənˈsərvədɪv/
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Classifying Adjective
conservative
Definitions
1.
opposed to liberal reforms
Synonyms
right
2.
avoiding excess
Examples
« a conservative estimate »
Synonyms
moderate
3.
unimaginatively conventional
Examples
« a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business- Newsweek »
Synonyms
conventional
4.
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
Examples
« a bourgeois mentality »
Synonyms
middle-class
Noun
conservative
Definitions
1.
a person who has conservative ideas or opinions
Antonyms
liberal
progressive
Qualitative Adjective
conservative
Etymology
late Middle English (in the sense ‘aiming to preserve’): from late Latin conservativus, from conservat-‘conserved’, from the verb conservare (see conserve). Current senses date from the mid 19th century
Definitions
1.
resistant to change
Synonyms
blimpish
buttoned-up
fusty
standpat(a)
unprogressive
nonprogressive
hidebound
traditionalist
ultraconservative
Antonyms
liberal
See also
orthodox
right