conservative
Favoring the familiar
Conservative describes a disposition toward preserving existing conditions and institutions, or being cautious about change.
In politics, conservatives generally favor traditional values, limited government, and free markets.
A conservative estimate is deliberately low to avoid overstatement.
Conservative dress is modest and conventional.
A conservative approach avoids unnecessary risk.
She's conservative with her money. (Capitalized Conservative refers to specific political parties.)
Exercising sound judgment
- carefulExercising caution and attention
- risk-aversePreferring safety over uncertainty
- measuredCarefully considered, unhurried
- circumspectCarefully considering consequences
guarded · wary · judicious · tentative · hesitant · restrained · moderate · safe
Not elevated
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- modestLacking in pretension
- cautiousCareful to avoid risk
- safeFree from peril
minimum · baseline · prudent · realistic · restrained · underestimate · lowball · floor
Following long-held customs
- mainstreamDominant cultural current
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- conformistOne following accepted norms
- establishedFormally set up
customary · proper · buttoned-down · strait-laced · old-fashioned · formal · staid · square
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- time-honoredRespected due to age
- old-schoolAdhering to past methods
classical · ancestral · orthodox · venerable · patriarchal · religious · devout · pious
Politically conservative faction
- libertarianAnti-statist political adherent
- neoconHawkish right-wing interventionist
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- hawkTaloned predatory bird
originalist · evangelical · populist · nationalist · traditionalist · pro-business · reactionary · fiscal
Responsible care of entrusted things
- custodianGuardian of a place
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- restorationReturning something to condition
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
protect · maintain · sustain · archive · curator · historic · monuments · endangered
Intolerant of differing views
- insularNarrow in outlook
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- closed-mindedUnreceptive to new ideas
- intolerantRejecting differing beliefs
bigoted · prejudiced · hidebound · blinkered · myopic · illiberal · xenophobic · sectarian
prudent
Exercising sound judgment
- carefulExercising caution and attention
- risk-aversePreferring safety over uncertainty
- measuredCarefully considered, unhurried
circumspect · guarded · wary · judicious · tentative · hesitant · restrained · moderate · safe · steady
low
Not elevated
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- modestLacking in pretension
- cautiousCareful to avoid risk
safe · minimum · baseline · prudent · realistic · restrained · underestimate · lowball · floor · worst-case
traditional
Following long-held customs
- mainstreamDominant cultural current
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- conformistOne following accepted norms
established · customary · proper · buttoned-down · strait-laced · old-fashioned · formal · staid · square · respectable
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- time-honoredRespected due to age
old-school · classical · ancestral · orthodox · venerable · patriarchal · religious · devout · pious · fundamentalist
right-wing
Politically conservative faction
- libertarianAnti-statist political adherent
- neoconHawkish right-wing interventionist
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
hawk · originalist · evangelical · populist · nationalist · traditionalist · pro-business · reactionary · fiscal
stewardship
Responsible care of entrusted things
- custodianGuardian of a place
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- restorationReturning something to condition
safeguard · protect · maintain · sustain · archive · curator · historic · monuments · endangered · artifacts
narrow-minded
Intolerant of differing views
- insularNarrow in outlook
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- closed-mindedUnreceptive to new ideas
intolerant · bigoted · prejudiced · hidebound · blinkered · myopic · illiberal · xenophobic · sectarian · dogmatic
- politicalliberal, moderate, centrist, leftist, rightist
- U.S. PoliticsCongress, senator, representative, president, vice president
- political ideologiesanarchism, liberalism, liberal, libertarian, socialism
- conservatismtraditionalism, small government, free enterprise, family values, individualism
- playstylesaggressive, defensive, passive, casual, competitive
- Political Ideologistssocialist, communist, anarchist, Marxist, leftist
conservativeliberal
Open to reform
progressive · leftist · left-wing · socialist · left-winger
conservativeprogressive
Favoring reform and innovation
radical · revolutionary · reformist · avant-garde · nontraditional
conservativeaggressive
Hostile and confrontational
risky · bold · speculative · daring · exaggerated
- conservative valuesBeliefs favoring established norms
- conservative dressRestrained, traditional clothing
- social conservativesRight-leaning morality advocates
- political conservativeOne favoring established institutions
- law of conservation of energyEnergy cannot be created/destroyed
- water conservationMinimizing freshwater waste strategically
conservation, conservatives, conservatism, conservationist, conservatively, conservations, neoconservative, neoconservatism, fiscal conservative