Conservative
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- Tory, right-wing
[noun]
Synonyms:
- Tory, right-winger
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- traditional, cautious, conventional, die-hard, hidebound, reactionary, sober
[noun]
Synonyms:
- traditionalist, reactionary, stick-in-the-mud (informal)

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Antonyms: advanced
Contrasted words: modern, progressive, radical, expansive, unconstrained, excessive, freewheeling, uncontrolled, unrestrained
Related Words: cautious, chary, wary, circumspect, politic, proper, prudent

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. con‧ser‧va‧tive¹ /kənˈsɜːvətɪv $ -ɜːr-/ adjective

1. not liking changes or new ideas:
a very conservative attitude to education
conservative views

2. Conservative belonging to or concerned with the Conservative Party in Britain:
Conservative policies
a Conservative MP

3. not very modern in style, taste etc Synonym : traditional:
a dark conservative suit

4. a conservative estimate/guess a guess which is deliberately lower than what the real amount probably is:
At a conservative estimate, the holiday will cost about £1,500.
—conservatively adverb:
a fortune conservatively estimated at 2 million dollars
He was conservatively dressed in a dark business suit.

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II. conservative² noun [countable]

1. Conservative someone who supports or is a member of the Conservative Party in Britain

2. someone who does not like changes in politics, ideas, or fashion:
an argument between reformers and conservatives in the organization

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

conservative
adj.
VERBS be | become | remain
ADV. deeply, extremely, highly, profoundly, very | increasingly | largely, predominantly | fairly, rather, relatively | basically, essentially She takes a basically conservative view of society.
generally | innately, instinctively, naturally the army's innately conservative values
notoriously Banks are notoriously conservative about their dealings with clients.
traditionally a traditionally conservative profession
culturally, morally, politically, socially the culturally conservative world of commerce and industry

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

conservative
noun
ADJ. diehard, dyed-in-the-wool, hardline, staunch | right-wing | back-bench disagreement among back-bench Conservatives
senior Senior Conservatives are opposed to the change.
political

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