conservative meaning and definition

CONSERVATIVE noun

Definition of conservative (noun)

1. a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
   • synonyms: conservativist
   • antonym: liberal
2. a member of a Conservative Party

CONSERVATIVE adjective

Definition of conservative (adjective)

1. resistant to change
   • antonym: liberal
2. having social or political views favoring conservatism
3. avoiding excess
   • "a conservative estimate"
   • synonyms: cautious
4. unimaginatively conventional
   • "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
   • synonyms: button-down, buttoned-down
5. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
   • "a bourgeois mentality"
   • synonyms: bourgeois, materialistic