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Synonyms for conservative
kənˈsɜr və tɪvcon·ser·va·tive
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Wiktionary
conservativenoun
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traditionalistconservativenoun
Tending to resist change.
The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.
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traditionalistconservativenoun
Based on pessimistic assumptions.
At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.
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traditionalistconservativenoun
A member of the Conservative party.
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traditionalistConservativenoun
A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, or its predecessors, or provincial equivalents, or their predecessors
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traditionalist, Blueconservativeadjective
Relating to the Conservative Party.
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tory
English Synonyms and Antonyms
conservative
Synonyms:
inadequate, incomplete, moderate, palliative, partial, slight, superficial, tentative, trialAntonyms:
complete, constitutional, entire, essential, extreme, fundamental, ingrained, innate, native, natural, organic, original, perfect, positive, primitive, radical, thorough, thoroughgoing, total
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
conservative
Synonyms:
undestroyed, unsuppressed, stationary, unrepealedAntonyms:
changed, newfangled, radical, progressive, modifiable, alterable, transitional
Princeton's WordNet
conservative, conservativistnoun
a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
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conservativistAntonyms:
liberal, liberalist, progressive, center, left, socialised, low-class, welfarist, lower-class, unconventional, liberalistic, neoliberal, reform-minded, welfare-statist, reformist, civil-libertarian, immoderate, upper-class, socializedConservativeadjective
a member of a Conservative Party
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conservativistAntonyms:
liberalist, liberal, progressive, welfarist, center, socialised, neoliberal, upper-class, lower-class, left, civil-libertarian, low-class, liberalistic, reformist, reform-minded, socialized, welfare-statist, immoderate, unconventionalconservativeadjective
resistant to change
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bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, buttoned-down, cautiousAntonyms:
liberalist, progressive, liberal, lower-class, low-class, reform-minded, center, welfare-statist, left, socialised, unconventional, civil-libertarian, welfarist, socialized, reformist, liberalistic, neoliberal, immoderate, upper-classconservativeadjective
having social or political views favoring conservatism
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bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, buttoned-down, cautiousAntonyms:
progressive, liberal, liberalist, low-class, left, center, unconventional, civil-libertarian, socialized, reform-minded, neoliberal, liberalistic, upper-class, reformist, lower-class, welfarist, socialised, welfare-statist, immoderatecautious, conservativeadjective
avoiding excess
"a conservative estimate"
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bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, buttoned-down, cautiousAntonyms:
liberalist, liberal, progressive, neoliberal, left, low-class, upper-class, welfare-statist, socialised, welfarist, socialized, liberalistic, lower-class, reformist, reform-minded, civil-libertarian, immoderate, unconventional, centerbutton-down, buttoned-down, conservativeadjective
unimaginatively conventional
"a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
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bourgeois, materialistic, button-down, cautious, buttoned-downAntonyms:
progressive, liberalist, liberal, reform-minded, low-class, reformist, welfarist, upper-class, unconventional, immoderate, welfare-statist, lower-class, socialized, neoliberal, liberalistic, center, civil-libertarian, socialised, leftbourgeois, conservative, materialisticadjective
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
"a bourgeois mentality"
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bourgeois, mercenary, buttoned-down, worldly-minded, materialistic, cautious, button-downAntonyms:
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
Editors Contribution
opposed to change
Dictionary of English Synonymes
conservativeadjective
Synonyms:
opposed to change
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "conservative":
curator, tory, prudent, curators, conservator, conservatism, cautious, governor, governorate, careful, preservative, governors, registrar
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#618 | blue | |
#1452 | trial | |
#3623 | governor | |
#4600 | conservative | |
#4654 | partial | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#5469 | careful | |
#7177 | registrar | |
#7516 | slight | |
#8060 | incomplete | |
#10208 | inadequate | |
#10813 | stationary | |
#10956 | governors | |
#15140 | tentative | |
#17702 | tory | |
#18081 | cautious | |
#18432 | prudent | |
#19703 | superficial | |
#20171 | curator | |
#21621 | palliative | |
#24792 | bourgeois | |
#26021 | conservatism | |
#30905 | mercenary | |
#36852 | preservative | |
#37102 | curators | |
#47187 | conservator | |
#50696 | materialistic | |
#68402 | traditionalist | |
#85784 | governorate | |
#231956 | unsuppressed |
How to use conservative in a sentence?
It's at odds with the advice of every serious authority on the topic, including the historically-conservative International Energy Agency( IEA), which stated in its Net Zero 2050 pathway in May this year that achieving net zero requires that no new coal, oil or gas projects of any kind are developed anywhere in the world from now.
( As conservative lawyers suggest) is why it's a bit hard to swallow that this was just a ruse to see how reporters would react, as a later tweet suggested, this guy who purports to want to protect elections was just weeks ago saying reform of the Electoral Count Act was a ‘ trap, ’.
I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many of the prejudices of the few.
There are just not a lot of young women who are elected. There are not a lot of Black women who are elected, and there are not a lot of conservative young Black women who are elected or seeking to run for office.
Republican U.S. House candidate Matt Mowers, who's running in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, speaks with state Sen. Regina Birdsell at the English Muffin diner in Hampstead, New Hampshire, on Sept. 12, 2022( Fox News) Trump, who endorsed Mowers two years ago, stayed neutral in this year's showdown. Leavitt was endorsed by Stefanik, as well as other major figures in the GOP who are allied with Trump — such as Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, and Sen. Mike Lee of Utah. She also enjoyed the backing for conservative firebrand Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who traveled to New Hampshire last week to campaign with Leavitt. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas headlines a rally for New Hampshire GOP congressional candidate Karoline Leavitt of New Hampshire, on Sept. 8, 2022 in Londonderry, New Hampshire. ( Fox News) Mowers — who in June was endorsed by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Minority Whip Steve Scalise, who are the top two Republicans in the chamber — was backed by a seven-figure ad buy from the Congressional Leadership Fund, a powerful super PAC aligned with the House GOP leaders. Additionally, another outside Republican group, the more moderate Defending Main Street Super PAC, spent more than $ 1 million to blast Leavitt on the airwaves. Asked about the big bucks flooding into New Hampshire First District, Mowers told Fox News.
Translations for conservative
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- محافظArabic
- умерен, консервативен, консерватор, внимателенBulgarian
- conservador, republicàCatalan, Valencian
- konzervativníCzech
- konservativDanish
- Konvervative, konservativ, KonservativerGerman
- συντηρητικός, μετριοπαθής, επιφυλακτικός, ρεπουμπλικανόςGreek
- konservativaEsperanto
- conservadorSpanish
- محافظه کارPersian
- konservatiivi, konservatiivinen, vanhoillinen, varovainen, republikaaninenFinnish
- conservateur, prudentFrench
- coimeádachIrish
- שמרנית, שמרני, שמרןHebrew
- íhaldssinniIcelandic
- prudenteItalian
- 보수주의자Korean
- zachowawczy, konserwatywnyPolish
- conservador, prudentePortuguese
- conservatoare, conservatorRomanian
- республиканский, консерватор, умеренный, консервативныйRussian
- gammaldags, republikansk, bakåtsträvande, konservativSwedish
- อนุรักษนิยมThai
- muhafazakârTurkish
- קאנסערוואטיווYiddish
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