Conservatives Meaning and Definition

Word: Conservatives

How to pronounce: kənˈsɜːvətɪv

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values.

Example sentences: "They were very conservative in their outlook"

2. (in a political context) favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas.

Example sentences: "Such developments would presumably be envied by genuine libertarians in socially conservative countries - even if their taxes are lower."

3. (of an estimate) purposely low for the sake of caution.

Example sentences: "The film was not cheap—$30,000 is a conservative estimate"

4. (of surgery or medical treatment) intended to control rather than eliminate a condition, with existing tissue preserved as far as possible.

Example sentences: "The trial randomized 1,033 patients in 27 countries to early surgery or conservative treatment."

Noun

Definitions:

1. A person who is averse to change and holds traditional values.

Example sentences: "He was considered a conservative in his approach to Catholic teachings"

2. A person favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas.

Synonyms:

modest

unpretentious

more conservative

tory

ultraconservative

careful

circumspect

traditionalist

reactionary

wary

chary

cautious

traditional

safe

quiet

bourgeois

Antonyms:

liberal

Derivations:

conservatism

conservation

conservator

conservatively

conservatory

Conservatives in Other Languages...

Spanish: Conservador

German: Konservativ

French: Conservateur

Italian: Conservatore

Turkish: Muhafazakar