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conservative
[ kuhn-sur-vuh-tiv ]
adjective
- disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- cautiously moderate or purposefully low:
a conservative estimate.
- traditional in style or manner; avoiding novelty or showiness:
conservative suit.
- (often initial capital letter) of or relating to the Conservative party.
- (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of Conservative Jews or Conservative Judaism.
- having the power or tendency to conserve or preserve.
- Mathematics. (of a vector or vector function) having curl equal to zero; irrotational; lamellar.
noun
- a person who is conservative in principles, actions, habits, etc.
- a supporter of conservative political policies.
- (initial capital letter) a member of a conservative political party, especially the Conservative party in Great Britain.
- a preservative.
conservative
1/ kənˈsɜːvətɪv /
adjective
- favouring the preservation of established customs, values, etc, and opposing innovation
- of, characteristic of, or relating to conservatism
- tending to be moderate or cautious
a conservative estimate
- conventional in style or type
a conservative suit
- med (of treatment) designed to alleviate symptoms Compare radical
- physics a field of force, system, etc, in which the work done moving a body from one point to another is independent of the path taken between them
electrostatic fields of force are conservative
noun
- a person who is reluctant to change or consider new ideas; conformist
- a supporter or advocate of conservatism
adjective
- a less common word for preservative
Conservative
2/ kənˈsɜːvətɪv /
adjective
- of, supporting, or relating to a Conservative Party
- of, relating to, or characterizing Conservative Judaism
noun
- a supporter or member of a Conservative Party
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Derived Forms
- conˈservatively, adverb
- conˈservativeness, noun
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Other Words From
- con·serva·tive·ly adverb
- con·serva·tive·ness noun
- anti·con·serva·tive adjective noun
- anti·con·serva·tive·ly adverb
- anti·con·serva·tive·ness noun
- half-con·serva·tive adjective
- half-con·serva·tive·ly adverb
- hyper·con·serva·tive adjective noun
- hyper·con·serva·tive·ly adverb
- hyper·con·serva·tive·ness noun
- noncon·serva·tive adjective noun
- over·con·serva·tive adjective
- over·con·serva·tive·ly adverb
- over·con·serva·tive·ness noun
- pseudo·con·serva·tive adjective
- pseudo·con·serva·tive·ly adverb
- quasi-con·serva·tive adjective
- quasi-con·serva·tive·ly adverb
- semi·con·serva·tive adjective
- semi·con·serva·tive·ly adverb
- super·con·serva·tive adjective
- super·con·serva·tive·ly adverb
- super·con·serva·tive·ness noun
- uncon·serva·tive adjective
- uncon·serva·tive·ly adverb
- uncon·serva·tive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of conservative1
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Example Sentences
Plus the GOP electorate has become more conservative since 2008.
That Huckabee is mentioned in the same sentence with other aspiring conservative governors, especially Bobby Jindal, is laughable.
A hundred ultra-wealthy liberal and conservative donors have taken over the political system.
A colleague overheard two conservative Mass. lawmakers talking about what “the gays” could do.
The disbelief was evident in article after article, with one conservative site using “President Pinocchio” in its headline.
The conservative senate sent a deputation to Bonaparte, expressing their desire that he would accept the title of emperor.
The man called Shiv was driving Delancy's get-away car at a conservative pace so as not to excite suspicion.
Who was it but its founder, that led the Conservative party through these successive stages of triumph?
It was one of the conservative sheets, comic-less, reactionary Republican to the core.
In politics he took the Conservative side, but as regards music he was probably the most advanced radical in Moscow.
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