Understanding the meaning of conservative

conservative

/kən'sɜrvətɪv/

adjective
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
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bourgeois materialistic middle-class
noun
a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
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conservativist

Opposite:

liberal

type of:
grownup adult
adjective
unimaginatively conventional
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button-down buttoned-down conventional
adjective
avoiding excess
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"a conservative estimate"

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cautious moderate
noun
a member of a Conservative Party
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type of:
fellow member member
adjective
having social or political views favoring conservatism
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right
adjective
resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion
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standpat ultraconservative unprogressive blimpish buttoned-up fusty hidebound nonprogressive traditionalist

Opposite:

liberal

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