Another word for conservative
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Adjective
Strongly favoring retention of the existing order
See also:Kept within sensible limits
- Of or occurring in the Temperate Zone:
- Characterized by moderate temperatures, weather, or climate; neither hot nor cold.
- Moderate in degree or quality; restrained:
- Kept under control; subdued or moderate:
- Characterized by self-restraint; reserved:
- Prevented from moving; held down or secured:
- Capable of reasoning; rational:
- Governed by or being in accordance with reason or sound thinking:
- Being within the bounds of common sense:
- Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme:
- Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate:
- Of medium or average quantity or extent.
- Possessed of, exercising, or showing prudence and self-restraint in speech and behavior; circumspect:
- Made, done, or situated so as to attract little notice:
Clinging to obsolete ideas
- Not progressive; not contributing to progress.
- Characterized by reaction, especially opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative.
- An opponent of progress or liberalism; an extreme conservative.
- Directed or facing toward the back or rear.
- Done or arranged in a manner or order that is opposite to previous occurrence or normal use.
- Unwilling to act; reluctant; shy.
See also:Able to preserve
- Adapted or intended to afford protection.
- Something that protects.
- Tending to preserve or capable of preserving.
- Something used to preserve, especially a chemical added to foods to inhibit spoilage.
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Noun
One who strongly favors retention of the existing order
- A person who adheres to tradition, especially in cultural or religious practices
- A member of a British political party, founded in 1689, that was the opposition party to the Whigs and has been known as the Conservative Party since about 1832.
- A member of a Conservative party, as in Canada.
- An American who, during the period of the American Revolution, favored the British side.
- (Sometimes pejorative) A person who is radically conservative politically; one whose political viewpoints are very rightwing
- A person who belongs to the political right.
- A member of the right wing of a party or group.
- a person whose political position is of the right, esp., a conservative or reactionary
- conservative or reactionary
- Adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith, especially in religion.
- Adhering to the Christian faith as expressed in the early Christian ecumenical creeds.
- Of or relating to any of the churches or rites of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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Another word for conservative
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Noun
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- A plane figure having four equal sides.
- Something having an equal-sided rectangular form:
- A T-shaped or L-shaped instrument for drawing or testing right angles.
- One who lacks initiative, imagination, or enthusiasm.
- A species of extinct hominins (Homo neanderthalensis) that lived throughout most of Europe and western and central Asia during the late Pleistocene Epoch until about 30,000 years ago. Members of this species had a large skull and stocky build and are associated with Middle Paleolithic tools.
- An individual belonging to this species.
- A crude, boorish, or slow-witted person.
- A remnant or trace of an organism of a past geologic age, such as a skeleton or leaf imprint, embedded and preserved in the earth's crust.
- One that is outdated or antiquated:
- A word or morpheme that is used only in certain restricted contexts, as kempt in unkempt, but is otherwise obsolete.
- An extremely conservative or old-fashioned person.
- An old sluggish fish.
- An old turtle with a growth of algae on its back.
- A supporter of Ronald Reagan (1911–2004), 40th President of the United States (1981–1989), and/or policies that he endorsed.
- (philosophy) Of, pertaining to, or supporting conventionalism
- (French, history) A member or supporter of the National Convention.
- (philosophy) A supporter or adherent of conventionalism
- One who systematically blocks or interrupts a process, especially one who attempts to impede passage of legislation by the use of delaying tactics, such as a filibuster.
- Conservative to an extreme, especially in political beliefs; reactionary.
- One who is extremely conservative.
- Opposed or resistant to change; stubbornly conservative.
- One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.
- (finance) A trader who trades on the financial fundamentals of the companies involved, as opposed to a chartist or technician.
- (Christian) Originally referred to an adherent of an American Christian movement that began as a response to the rejection of the accuracy of the Bible, the alleged deity of Christ, Christ's atonement for humanity, the virgin birth, and miracles. These points were first listed in a book series entitled "The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth" published in 1909 and affirmed by the PCUSA in its 1910 Minutes of the General Assembly.
- a person whose political position is of the right, esp., a conservative or reactionary
- conservative or reactionary
- A whiskey distilled from a fermented mash containing not less than 51 percent corn in addition to malt and rye.
- An advocate of federalism.
- A member or supporter of the Federalist Party.
- Of or relating to federalism or its advocates.
- A member of an 18th- and 19th-century British political party that was opposed to the Tories.
- A supporter of the war against England during the American Revolution.
- A 19th-century American political party formed to oppose the Democratic Party and favoring high tariffs and a loose interpretation of the Constitution.
- A member of a British political party, founded in 1689, that was the opposition party to the Whigs and has been known as the Conservative Party since about 1832.
- A member of a Conservative party, as in Canada.
- An American who, during the period of the American Revolution, favored the British side.
- Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme:
- Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate:
- Of medium or average quantity or extent.
- A person who adheres to tradition, especially in cultural or religious practices
- One versed in the classics; a classical scholar.
- An adherent of classicism.
- An advocate of the study of ancient Greek and Latin.
- Stubbornly resisting change or clinging to a seemingly hopeless or outdated cause.
- One who stubbornly resists change or tenaciously adheres to a seemingly hopeless or outdated cause:
- One who preserves.
- A life preserver
- A person who refinishes furniture.
- (Sometimes pejorative) A person who is radically conservative politically; one whose political viewpoints are very rightwing
- A person who belongs to the political right.
- A member of the right wing of a party or group.
- Characterized by reaction, especially opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative.
- An opponent of progress or liberalism; an extreme conservative.
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