Conservative - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a member of a Conservative Party
adjective
- avoiding excess (syn: cautious)
- conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class (syn: bourgeois, materialistic)
Extra examples
She is a liberal Democrat who married a conservative Republican.
She's more conservative now than she was in college.
A conservative estimate of the bill, so far, is about £22,000.
It is wise to wear conservative dress to an interview.
One conservative estimate is that he stole five million dollars.
The conservative candidate polled more than 10,000 votes in the last election.
The church split into moderate and conservative factions.
The country became more conservative in the years that preceded his election.
The newspaper has endorsed the conservative candidate for mayor.
She defected from the conservative party.
The organization has a decidedly conservative orientation.
Their opinions can be categorized as conservative.
...viewers tune in to witness the weekly cross fire between the liberal and conservative commentators...
It's one of the more conservative denominations.
...a doctrinaire conservative, the columnist takes special delight in baiting liberals...
Word forms
singular: Conservative
plural: Conservatives
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