Meaning

3 senses
  1. A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.

    Konservativer

    консерва́торkonservátor

    консерва́торkonservátor

    a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

  2. One who seeks to promote or preserve traditional values or institutions.

  3. (Canada, US, especially)One who seeks to promote traditions in a particular domain (e.g. a fiscal conservative or a social conservative).

    Konservativer, Konservative

    консерва́торkonservátor, то́риtóri, консерва́торkonservátor

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

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
political conservative:
Русский
By meaning 2
political conservative:
UK: member of the Conservative party:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
political conservative:
UK: member of the Conservative party:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French conservatif, from Latin cōnservō (“to preserve”). Equivalent t

Borrowed from Middle French conservatif, from Latin cōnservō (“to preserve”). Equivalent to conserve + -ative.

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Forms

plural: conservatives
Singularconservative
Pluralconservatives

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas:conservativist

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
conservative — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto