Antonyms for Conservative
kənˈsɜr və tɪvcon·ser·va·tive

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1. conservativenoun

   Synonyms:
   traditionalist

2. conservativenoun

   Tending to resist change.

   The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.

   Synonyms:
   traditionalist

3. conservativenoun

   Based on pessimistic assumptions.

   At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.

   Synonyms:
   traditionalist

4. conservativenoun

   A member of the Conservative party.

   Synonyms:
   traditionalist

5. Conservativenoun

   A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, or its predecessors, or provincial equivalents, or their predecessors

   Synonyms:
   traditionalist, Blue

6. conservativeadjective

   Relating to the Conservative Party.

   Synonyms:
   tory

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. conservative

   Antonyms:
   complete, constitutional, entire, essential, extreme, fundamental, ingrained, innate, native, natural, organic, original, perfect, positive, primitive, radical, thorough, thoroughgoing, total

   Synonyms:
   inadequate, incomplete, moderate, palliative, partial, slight, superficial, tentative, trial

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1. conservative

   Antonyms:
   changed, newfangled, radical, progressive, modifiable, alterable, transitional

   Synonyms:
   undestroyed, unsuppressed, stationary, unrepealed

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1. conservative, conservativistnoun

   a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

   Antonyms:
   liberal, liberalist, progressive, center, left, socialised, low-class, welfarist, lower-class, unconventional, liberalistic, neoliberal, reform-minded, welfare-statist, reformist, civil-libertarian, immoderate, upper-class, socialized

   Synonyms:
   conservative, conservativist

2. Conservativeadjective

   a member of a Conservative Party

   Antonyms:
   liberalist, liberal, progressive, welfarist, center, socialised, neoliberal, upper-class, lower-class, left, civil-libertarian, low-class, liberalistic, reformist, reform-minded, socialized, welfare-statist, immoderate, unconventional

   Synonyms:
   conservativist

3. conservativeadjective

   resistant to change

   Antonyms:
   liberalist, progressive, liberal, lower-class, low-class, reform-minded, center, welfare-statist, left, socialised, unconventional, civil-libertarian, welfarist, socialized, reformist, liberalistic, neoliberal, immoderate, upper-class

   Synonyms:
   bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, buttoned-down, cautious

4. conservativeadjective

   having social or political views favoring conservatism

   Antonyms:
   progressive, liberal, liberalist, low-class, left, center, unconventional, civil-libertarian, socialized, reform-minded, neoliberal, liberalistic, upper-class, reformist, lower-class, welfarist, socialised, welfare-statist, immoderate

   Synonyms:
   bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, buttoned-down, cautious

5. cautious, conservativeadjective

   avoiding excess

   "a conservative estimate"

   Antonyms:
   liberalist, liberal, progressive, neoliberal, left, low-class, upper-class, welfare-statist, socialised, welfarist, socialized, liberalistic, lower-class, reformist, reform-minded, civil-libertarian, immoderate, unconventional, center

   Synonyms:
   bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, buttoned-down, conservative, cautious

6. button-down, buttoned-down, conservativeadjective

   unimaginatively conventional

   "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek

   Antonyms:
   progressive, liberalist, liberal, reform-minded, low-class, reformist, welfarist, upper-class, unconventional, immoderate, welfare-statist, lower-class, socialized, neoliberal, liberalistic, center, civil-libertarian, socialised, left

   Synonyms:
   bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, cautious, conservative, buttoned-down

7. bourgeois, conservative, materialisticadjective

   conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

   "a bourgeois mentality"

   Antonyms:
   liberalist, liberal, progressive, left, socialized, neoliberal, center, upper-class, unconventional, lower-class, liberalistic, immoderate, socialised, welfarist, reform-minded, welfare-statist, low-class, reformist, civil-libertarian

   Synonyms:
   bourgeois, mercenary, conservative, buttoned-down, worldly-minded, materialistic, cautious, button-down

How to use Conservative in a sentence?

1. Matthew Dowd:

   Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's gone from a principled conservative traditional Sun Belt Republican to somebody that's trying to out-DeSantis Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, while Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis seems to be going out of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis way to out-Trump Trump.

2. Sam Pimm:

   (Cruz) has always been a conservative, his instincts are right and that counts a lot for me, donald Trump says some good things that I agree with, but whether he believes them or not, I don't know.

3. Rick Santorum:

   Let's revitalize the conservative movement within the Republican Party as one voice, this is Rick Santorum, thank you for all the work you do and your dedication to our Republican Party.

4. Ted Halstead:

   Our plan ticks every box of conservative orthodoxy.

5. Brad Dayspring:

   Governor Walker's conservative reforms and achievements in a blue state is what distinguishes him from every other candidate and we are well positioned to tell that story not only in Iowa, but in New Hampshire, South Carolina and beyond.

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