disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.

cautiously moderate or purposefully low

a conservative estimate.

traditional in style or manner; avoiding novelty or showiness

conservative suit.

( often initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to the Conservative party.

( initial capital letter ) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Conservative Jews or Conservative Judaism.

having the power or tendency to conserve; preservative.

Mathematics . (of a vector or vector function) having curl equal to zero; irrotational; lamellar.

a person who is conservative in principles, actions, habits, etc.

a supporter of conservative political policies.

( initial capital letter ) a member of a conservative political party, esp. the Conservative party in Great Britain.

a preservative.

adjective

exaggerated , incautious , left-wing , liberal , progressive , radical

noun

left-winger , liberal , progressive , radical

adjective

bourgeois , constant , controlled , conventional , die-hard , fearful , firm , fogyish , fuddy-duddy * , guarded , hard hat , hidebound , holding to , illiberal , in a rut , inflexible , middle-of-the-road * , not extreme , obstinate , old guard * , old line , orthodox , quiet , reactionary , redneck * , right , right of center , right-wing , sober , stable , steady , timid , tory , traditional , traditionalistic , unchangeable , unchanging , uncreative , undaring , unimaginative , unprogressive , white bread , rightist , traditionalist , discreet , moderate , reasonable , restrained , temperate , backward , protective , antiprogressive , diehard , lethargic , old-fashioned , sustentative , unenterprising

noun

bitter-ender , classicist , conserver , conventionalist , diehard , hard hat , middle-of-the-roader , moderate , moderatist , obstructionist , old guard * , old liner , preserver , reactionary , redneck * , right , rightist , right-winger , silk-stocking , standpat , stick-in-the-mud * , tory , traditionalist , unprogressive , orthodox , bourgeois , cautious , conservation , conservatism , conventionality , economy , establishment , fundamentalism , guarded , husbandry , old guard , perpetuation , preservation , safe , square , stable , sustentation , sustention , traditional , traditionalism , traditionality