Look up: Conservative


  1. conservative
    [adj] - opposed to liberal reforms 2. [adj] - resistant to change 3. [n] - a person who has conservative ideas or opinions
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=conservative

  2. Conservative
    Con·serv'a·tive adjective [ Confer French conservatif .] 1. Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative. 2. Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to ch...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/141

  3. Conservative
    Con·serv'a·tive noun 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...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/141

  4. conservative
    To preserve) designed to preserve health, restore function and repair structures by nonradical methods, as conservative surgery. ... Origin: L. Conservare ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?conservative

  5. conservative
    adjective opposed to liberal reforms
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=conservative

  6. conservative
    adjective resistant to change
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=conservative

  7. conservative
    conservativist noun a person who has conservative ideas or opinions
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=conservative

  8. conservative
    materialistic adjective conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; `a bourgeois mentality`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=conservative



  1. Conservative
    • (a.) Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative. • (a.) Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the Conservative party in England; -- contradistinguished...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/conservative/

  2. conservative
    (L. conservare to preserve) designed to preserve health, restore function, and repair structures by nonradical methods, as conservative surgery.
    Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio20.html

  3. Conservative
    [political party] This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article`s talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debat...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_(political_party)

  4. conservative
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kon-ser′vă-tiv Definitions: 1. Denoting treatment by gradual, limited, or well-established procedures, as opposed to radical.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=19966

  5. Conservative
    Represented by the Republican party, or political Right. One who generally favors economic liberty, free markets, private property, privatization of business and lower taxes. They claim to want less, or limited Government. They respect the dignity of the individual, prefering personal freedoms ove...
    Found op http://www.ircpolitics.org/glossary.html

  6. Conservative
    [language] In linguistics, a conservative form, variety, or modality is one that has changed relatively little over its history, or which is relatively resistant to change. It is the opposite of innovating forms or varieties, which have undergone relatively larger changes. A conservative lin...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_(language)

  7. Conservative
    [United States] Contemporary engraving of Tiberio Fiorelli, 1608-94. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_(United_States)

  8. conservative
    1) Blimpish 2) Buttoned-up 3) Conformist 4) Fusty 5) Hidebound 6) Nonprogressive 7) Orthodox 8) Predictable 9) Right 10) Square 11) Standpat 12) Straight 13) Traditionalist 14) Ultraconservative 15)
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/conservative/1

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