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conservative


 
  Grep  of  noun  conservative 
  conservative 
  conservative  jew 
  conservative  judaism 
  conservative  party 
  ultraconservative 
 
  Overview  of  noun  conservative 
 
  The  noun  conservative  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  conservative,  conservativist  --  (a  person  who  has  conservative  ideas  or  opinions) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  conservative 
 
  The  adj  conservative  has  5  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (11)  conservative  --  (resistant  to  change) 
  2.  (1)  conservative  --  (opposed  to  liberal  reforms) 
  3.  (1)  cautious,  conservative  --  (avoiding  excess;  "a  conservative  estimate") 
  4.  button-down,  buttoned-down,  conservative  --  (unimaginatively  conventional;  "a  colorful  character  in  the  buttoned-down,  dull-gray  world  of  business"-  Newsweek) 
  5.  bourgeois,  conservative,  materialistic  --  (conforming  to  the  standards  and  conventions  of  the  middle  class;  "a  bourgeois  mentality") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  conservative 
 
  5  senses  of  conservative 
 
  Sense  1 
  conservative  (vs.  liberal) 
 
  liberal  (vs.  conservative) 
  =>  civil-libertarian 
  =>  liberalistic 
  =>  neoliberal 
  =>  progressive,  reformist 
  =>  socialized,  socialised 
  =>  welfarist,  welfare(postnominal),  welfare-statist 
 
  Sense  2 
  conservative 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  center,  right)  ->  left 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  right  left)  ->  center 
 
  Sense  3 
  cautious,  conservative 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  moderate)  ->  immoderate 
 
  Sense  4 
  button-down,  buttoned-down,  conservative 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  conventional,  conventional)  ->  unconventional 
 
  Sense  5 
  bourgeois,  conservative,  materialistic 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  lower-class,  middle-class)  ->  upper-class 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  middle-class,  upper-class)  ->  lower-class,  low-class 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  conservative 
 
  5  senses  of  conservative 
 
  Sense  1 
  conservative  (vs.  liberal) 
  =>  blimpish 
  =>  buttoned-up 
  =>  fusty,  standpat(postnominal),  unprogressive,  nonprogressive 
  =>  hidebound,  traditionalist 
  =>  ultraconservative 
  Also  See->  orthodox#2;  right#7 
 
  Sense  2 
  conservative 
  =>  right  (vs.  left)  (vs.  center) 
 
  Sense  3 
  cautious,  conservative 
  =>  moderate  (vs.  immoderate) 
 
  Sense  4 
  button-down,  buttoned-down,  conservative 
  =>  conventional  (vs.  unconventional) 
 
  Sense  5 
  bourgeois,  conservative,  materialistic 
  =>  middle-class  (vs.  upper-class)  (vs.  lower-class) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  conservative 
 
  1  of  5  senses  of  conservative 
 
  Sense  1 
  conservative  (vs.  liberal) 
  =>  political  orientation,  ideology,  political  theory 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  conservative 
 
  conservative  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  5) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  conservative 
  conservative 
  ultraconservative 
 
  Overview  of  noun  conservative 
 
  The  noun  conservative  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  conservative,  conservativist  --  (a  person  who  has  conservative  ideas  or  opinions) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  conservative 
 
  The  adj  conservative  has  5  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (11)  conservative  --  (resistant  to  change) 
  2.  (1)  conservative  --  (opposed  to  liberal  reforms) 
  3.  (1)  cautious,  conservative  --  (avoiding  excess;  "a  conservative  estimate") 
  4.  button-down,  buttoned-down,  conservative  --  (unimaginatively  conventional;  "a  colorful  character  in  the  buttoned-down,  dull-gray  world  of  business"-  Newsweek) 
  5.  bourgeois,  conservative,  materialistic  --  (conforming  to  the  standards  and  conventions  of  the  middle  class;  "a  bourgeois  mentality") 



conservative definition