Synonym: cautious, protective, progressive. Similar words: conservation, observation, reservation, consecutive, innovative, at intervals, consent, consensus. Meaning: [-tɪv] n. a person who has conservative ideas or opinions. adj. 1. resistant to change 2. opposed to liberal reforms 3. avoiding excess 4. unimaginatively conventional 5. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class.
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(61) After 17 years of Conservative government, the country was in a bad way.
(62) Stripping away all the waffle, he said that no Conservative government would let Britain be drawn into a European superstate.
(63) Children are very conservative where food is concerned, they are very loath to try anything out of the ordinary.
(64) The miraculous effect of the traditional medicine of the Chinese minorities has raised some conservative eyebrows.
(65) The conservative coalition could delay further reforms or block them altogether.
(66) He's a very conservative dresser - he always looks like he's wearing his father's clothes!
(67) The radicals in the party were clearly sacked to propitiate the conservative core.
(68) The constituency fell to Labour at the last election, after ten years of Conservative rule.
(69) He's spending a lot of his time at the moment campaigning for/on behalf of the Conservative Party.
(70) More than forty Conservative MPs rebelled against the government and voted against the bill.
(71) It is essentially a narrow and conservative approach to child care.
(72) I don't hold it against him that he votes Conservative.
(73) The bright modern painting stares out at you in the otherwise conservative gallery.
(74) The aid was frozen in June after intense lobbying by conservative Republicans.
(75) Her leadership qualities were the greatest asset of the Conservative Party.
(76) The Conservative Party enjoys the patronage of much of the business community.
(77) A conservative estimate of the bill, so far, is about £22,000.
(78) Forty members of the governing Conservative party rebelled, voting against the government line.
(79) They are in rebellion against the conservative hierarchy of the Church.
(80) The Conservative government will not slacken the pace of radical reform.
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(81) He continued to urge the Conservative Party to tilt rightwards.
(82) The election was a near disaster for the Conservative party.
(83) If I said there were three million unemployed, that would be a conservative estimate.
(84) Gilmore had to perform the difficult balancing act of attracting moderate voters without losing his conservative base.
(85) He is a conservative bureaucrat who can be counted upon to follow a beaten path.
(86) Candidates are urgently sought for the post of Conservative party chairman.
(87) The new judge is 50-year-old David Suitor who's regarded as a conservative.
(88) The National Party is lifting its profile as socially conservative guardian of traditional values.
(89) He said he would seek to unify the Conservative Party and win the next general election.
(90) Will comfortably feed about 100 Conservative backbenchers.
More similar words: conservation, observation, reservation, consecutive, innovative, at intervals, consent, consensus, native, consequence, in consequence, consequently, relative, narrative, initiative, relatively, cooperative, alternative, legislative, administrative, representative, consideration, interval, serve, observe, serve as, serving, service, reserve, motivate.