conservative
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
Types & categories
- adult hypernym
- capitalist hyponym
- conformist hyponym
- fuddy-duddy hyponym
- hardliner hyponym
- minimalist hyponym
- mossback hyponym
- neoconservative hyponym
- reactionary hyponym
- rightist hyponym
- square toes hyponym
- traditionalist hyponym
Related & opposite
- liberal antonym
- conservatism derivation
Sense 2 adjective
resistant to change
Related & opposite
- orthodox also see
- right also see
- liberal antonym
- ideology attribute
- blimpish similar to
- buttoned-up similar to
- standpata similar to
- traditionalist similar to
- ultraconservative similar to
Sense 3 adjective
having social or political views favoring conservatism
Related & opposite
- right similar to
Sense 4 adjective
avoiding excess
a conservative estimate
Related & opposite
- moderate similar to
Sense 5 adjective
unimaginatively conventional
a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business
Related & opposite
- conventional similar to
Sense 6 adjective
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
a bourgeois mentality
Related & opposite
- materialism derivation
- middle-class similar to
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | liberal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conservatism |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | adult |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | capitalist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conformist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fuddy-duddy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hardliner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | minimalist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mossback |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neoconservative |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reactionary |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rightist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | square toes |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | traditionalist |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | orthodox |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | right |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | liberal |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | ideology |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | blimpish |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | buttoned-up |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | standpata |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | traditionalist |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ultraconservative |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | right |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | moderate |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | conventional |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | materialism |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | middle-class |