Conservative meaning

What does “conservative” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“conservative” is a noun and adjective with 7 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas.

conservative

noun

  1. a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

    Oppositesliberal
  2. a member of a Conservative Party

adjective

  1. resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion

    Oppositesliberal
  2. having social or political views favoring conservatism

  3. avoiding excess

    “a conservative estimate”

    Synonymscautious
  4. unimaginatively conventional

    “a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business”

  5. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

    “a bourgeois mentality”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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