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conservative

[kuhn-sur-vuh-tiv] / kənˈsɜr və tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
cautious, moderate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
traditional
STRONG
cautious constant conventional firm moderate old-fashioned stable steady timid unadventurous
WEAK
bourgeois controlled fearful fogyish fuddy-duddy guarded hidebound holding to illiberal inflexible not extreme orthodox sober traditionalistic unchangeable unchanging uncreative undaring unimaginative unprogressive
Antonyms
STRONGEST
incautious
STRONG
changeable inconstant unfixed unstable unsteady untrustworthy wavering
WEAK
exaggerated
ADJECTIVE
tending to preserve the status quo
Synonyms
STRONGEST
right of center right-wing
WEAK
Tory middle-of-the-road old guard old-line reactionary
Antonyms
WEAK
left-wing liberal progressive radical
NOUN
an opponent of change
Synonyms
STRONGEST
right-winger traditionalist
STRONG
classicist preserver reactionary rightist stick-in-the-mud
WEAK
Tory bitter-ender conserver conventionalist hard hat middle-of-the-roader old guard old liner standpat
Antonyms
WEAK
left-winger liberal progressive radical

Example Sentences

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Read: Amazon’s CEO doubles down on AI spending: ‘We are not going to be conservative’

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Ultimately, however, “The Life You Want” suffers from Mr. Phillips’s conservative approach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

However, polls by independent institutes predict a sweeping victory for the Tisza party led by pro-European conservative Peter Magyar.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

That was followed by a picture of the rapper alongside conservative commentator Candace Owens, wearing one of his T-shirts.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Most new words are made up from other, earlier words; language-making is a conservative process, wasting little.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas