Meaning

3 senses
  1. A member of a political party incorporating the word "Conservative" in its name.

    (UK)A member of the Conservative party.

    a member of a Conservative Party

  2. (Canada)A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, or its predecessors, or provincial equivalents, or their predecessors

  3. (Judaism)Pertaining to Conservative Judaism

Examples

302 sentences
  1. Tom isn't so conservative, is he?

    Том не такий вже й консервативний, еге ж? — deniko

  2. I know that Tom is conservative.

    Я знаю, що Том консервативний. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что Том консервативен. — marafon

  3. The English are generally a conservative people.

    Англійці, зазвичай, консервативні люди. — deniko

    ruАнгличане, как правило, консервативные люди. — odexed

  4. Tom grew up in a conservative family.

    Том виріс у консервантивній родині. — deniko

    ruТом вырос в консервативной семье. — marafon

  5. Tom and I are both very conservative.

    Ми з Томом обидва дуже консервативні. — deniko

    ruМы с Томом оба очень консервативны. — marafon

Forms

plural: Conservatives
SingularConservative
PluralConservatives

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada:BlueA1
member of the UK Conservative Party:Tory
Close in meaning
  • a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas:conservativist

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • as conservative as
  • are very conservative
  • be as conservative

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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