Conservatives - English meaning

Conservatives – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A person who is averse to change and holds traditional values.
Usage examples:
He was considered a conservative in his approach to catholic teachings
Synonims:
Right-winger Reactionary Rightist Diehard Tory Republican True blue Gammon
noun
A person favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas.
Usage examples:
Many conservatives remain opposed to mandates

adjective
Averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values.
Usage examples:
They were very conservative in their outlook

adjective
(in a political context) favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas.
Usage examples:
Such developments would presumably be envied by genuine libertarians in socially conservative count…

adjective
(of an estimate) purposely low for the sake of caution.
Usage examples:
The film was not cheap—$30,000 is a conservative estimate

adjective
(of surgery or medical treatment) intended to control rather than eliminate a condition, with existing tissue preserved as far as possible.
Usage examples:
The trial randomized 1,033 patients in 27 countries to early surgery or conservative treatment.

adjective
Tending to emphasize the importance of preserving traditional cultural and religious values, and to oppose change, esp. sudden change
Usage examples:
He wore a conservative business suit for his interview., she was conservatively dressed in a gray s…

adjective
Not involving or taking unnecessary risks
Usage examples:
The firm has always had a conservative approach to investment., a conservative estimate/figure

Conservatives translation into English

Conservatives: translate from English into Chinese

保守派

Conservatives: translate from English into Dutch

Conservatieven

Conservatives: translate from English into French

Conservateurs

Conservatives: translate from English into German

Konservative

Conservatives: translate from English into Hindi

परंपरावादियों

Conservatives: translate from English into Italian

Conservatori

Conservatives: translate from English into Korean

보수

Conservatives: translate from English into Russian

Консерваторы

Conservatives: translate from English into Spanish

Conservadores

Word origin

late Middle English (in the sense ‘aiming to preserve’): from late Latin conservativus, from conservat- ‘conserved’, from the verb conservare (see conserve). Current senses date from the mid

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Conservatives – similar words

conservant

adjective
That conserves; conserving, preserving; especially in "conservant cause".

Conservant - all meanings in English

conservancies

noun
A body concerned with the preservation of natural resources.
Usage examples:
The nature conservancy

noun
The conservation of wildlife and the environment.
Usage examples:
From the point of view of nature conservancy, i'd rather see it left unspoilt

Conservancies - all meanings in English

conservable

adjective
Capable of being conserved; preservable.

Conservable - all meanings in English

Conservatives synonims

diehard

noun
A person who strongly opposes change or who continues to support something in spite of opposition.
Usage examples:
A diehard yankees fan

adjective
Unwilling to change or give up your ideas or ways of behaving, even when there are good reasons to do so
Usage examples:
A diehard conservative

Diehard - all meanings in English

gammon

noun
Ham that has been cured or smoked like bacon.
Usage examples:
I ate a plateful of gammon, eggs, and chips

verb
Defeat (an opponent) with a gammon.
Usage examples:
I now roll a real caffeine-rush, high-velocity 5-5, closing him out, and gammoning him for the match.

verb
Hoax or deceive (someone).
Usage examples:
You're gammoning me!

Gammon - all meanings in English

reactionary

adjective
Opposing political or social progress or reform.
Usage examples:
Reactionary attitudes toward women's rights

noun
A reactionary person.
Usage examples:
He was later to become an extreme reactionary

noun
A person who opposes political or social change
Usage examples:
Reactionary forces opposed to the president’s reforms could move to oust him.

Reactionary - all meanings in English

republican

adjective
(of a form of government, constitution, etc.) belonging to or characteristic of a republic.
Usage examples:
They reiterated their demand of abolition of the monarchy and creation of a republican state

noun
An advocate of republican government.
Usage examples:
Those who favored the continuance of the republic made every effort to defeat the monarchists and t…

noun
A person who supports or believes in representative government

Republican - all meanings in English

right-winger

noun
A person who supports the political right

Right-winger - all meanings in English

rightist

noun
A person who supports the political views or policies of the right.
Usage examples:
A national hero of the rightists

adjective
Supporting or relating to the political views or policies of the right.
Usage examples:
The last elections resulted in a rightist majority

Rightist - all meanings in English

tory

noun
(in the uk) a member or supporter of the conservative party.
Usage examples:
A poll showed the tories thirteen points behind labour

adjective
Relating to the british conservative party or its supporters.
Usage examples:
The tory party

Tory - all meanings in English

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