Conservative : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Conservative	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Conservative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conservative adj resistant to change Antonym(s): liberal having social or political views favoring conservatism avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" Synonym(s): cautious, conservative unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek Synonym(s): button-down, buttoned-down, conservative conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality" Synonym(s): bourgeois, conservative, materialistic n a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas Synonym(s): conservative, conservativist Antonym(s): liberal, liberalist, progressive a member of a Conservative Party
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conservative \Conserv"ative\, a. [Cf. F. conservatif.] 1. Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conservative \Conserv"ative\, n. 1. One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver. The Holy Spirit is the great conservative of the new life. --Jer. Taylor. 2. One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical. 3. (Eng. Hist.) A member of the Conservative party.