Synonyms 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

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1. conservative

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

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

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1. conservative

   Synonyms:
   undestroyed, unsuppressed, stationary, unrepealed

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

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1. conservative, conservativistnoun

   a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

   Synonyms:
   conservativist

   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

2. Conservativeadjective

   a member of a Conservative Party

   Synonyms:
   conservativist

   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

3. conservativeadjective

   resistant to change

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

   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

4. conservativeadjective

   having social or political views favoring conservatism

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

   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

5. cautious, conservativeadjective

   avoiding excess

   "a conservative estimate"

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

   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

6. button-down, buttoned-down, conservativeadjective

   unimaginatively conventional

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

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

   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

7. bourgeois, conservative, materialisticadjective

   conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

   "a bourgeois mentality"

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

   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

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1. opposed to change

   Submitted by anonymous on February 16, 2020  

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1. conservativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   opposed to change

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1. List of paraphrases for "conservative":

   curator, tory, prudent, curators, conservator, conservatism, cautious, governor, governorate, careful, preservative, governors, registrar

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1. Jamal Khashoggi:

   I think he will continue with Abdullah's reforms. He realises the importance of this. He's not conservative in person, but he values the opinion of the conservative constituency of the country, king Abdullah was willing to challenge the conservatives, but not to crush them. Salman respected the status quo. He wanted reform but was very much connected to the tribal mentality, the conservative nature of his constituency.

2. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   When you are right you cannot be too radical when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.

3. Donald Trump:

   You know, Ronald Reagan wasn't a conservative, he became a great conservative. By the time I'm finished, people will say I'm a great conservative.

4. Francis Cardinal George, OMI:

   It is neither liberal nor conservative to lie or to commit adultery. It is simply wrong. It is neither liberal nor conservative to obey the laws of the Church. It is simply right. Wrong and right are the difference between death and life. They are the guideposts along the paths to damnation or to eternal life. That difference is what our lives are really about. All the rest is distraction.

5. Benjamin Disraeli:

   A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.