On the whole, the older a man grows, the more conservative he becomes.
Source: tatoeba (21815)
Conservative
//kənˈsɜːvətɪv//
Synonyms for "conservative" (196 found)
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elderepistle sideextremeextreme right-wingerfogyfogyishfossilfrugalfudfuddy duddyfuddy-duddyfundamentalistgrannyhard hathas beenhas-beenheelerimperialistkeepinglabouritelaudator temporis actilonghairloyalistmaterialisticmatriarchmethuselahmid victorianmid-victorianmiddle-of-the-roadmiddle-of-the-roadermoderationistmoderatistmonarchistmossback
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
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narrow-mindedneutraloffold believerold crockold dodoold fogyold lineold linerold manold poopold schoolold timerold womanold-fashionedold-fogyishold-lineold-timeropposed to changeorthodox
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parochialpartisanparty faithfulparty hackparty manparty memberparty wheelhorsepatriarchpoliticpoppopspreservativepreservatorypreservingprogressive conservativeproperprotectiveprudentpullbackpuristradical rightreactionaristreactionistreasonablerectoregistered democratregistered republicanregularregular old fogyrelicrepublicanrestrainedright fieldright handright of centerright sideright wingright wingerright-handright-wingright-wingerright-wingishrightistroyalistsafesavingslowsobersocial darwinistsoundsquarestablestalwartstandardstandpatstandpatterstarboardstarboard tackstaretsstick-in-the-mudtemperatetraditionaltraditionalistictrue-blueunexcessiveunextravagantunextremeunprogressiveward heelerwarywheelhorsewhig
Adjective(4 words)
Noun(2 words)
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Translations
238 translations across 47 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- مُحَافِظ adj (tending to resist change)
- مُحَافِظ adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- مُحَافِظ noun (one who favors the status quo)
Armenian
4 entries- պահպանողական adj (tending to resist change)
- պահպանողական adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- պահպանողական noun (one who favors the status quo)
- պահպանողական noun (UK: member of the Conservative party)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- mühafizəkar adj (tending to resist change)
- mühafizəkar adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- mühafizəkar noun (one who favors the status quo)
- mühafizəkar noun (political conservative)
Belarusian
4 entries- кансерваты́ўны adj (tending to resist change)
- кансерваты́ўны adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- кансэрваты́ўны adj (tending to resist change)
- кансерва́тар noun (one who favors the status quo)
Bulgarian
4 entries- внимателен adj (based on pessimistic assumptions)
- за запазване adj (physics: neither creating nor destroying a given quantity)
- запазващ adj (physics: neither creating nor destroying a given quantity)
- консервативен adj (tending to resist change)
Catalan
4 entries- conservador adj (tending to resist change)
- conservador adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- conservador adj (UK: relating to the Conservative party)
- republicà adj (US: relating to the Republican party)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 保守 adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- 保守的 adj (tending to resist change)
- 守舊 /守旧 adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- 保守派 noun (political conservative)
Czech
4 entries- konzervativní adj (tending to resist change)
- konzervativec noun (one who favors the status quo)
- konzervativec noun (UK: member of the Conservative party)
- konzervativka noun (UK: member of the Conservative party)
Danish
2 entries- konservativ adj (tending to resist change)
- konservativ noun (one who favors the status quo)
Dutch
2 entries- conservatief noun (one who favors the status quo)
- conservatief noun (UK: member of the Conservative party)
Esperanto
1 entries- konservativa adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
Finnish
4 entries- konservatiivinen adj (tending to resist change)
- konservatiivinen adj (based on pessimistic assumptions)
- konservatiivinen adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- konservatiivinen adj (UK: relating to the Conservative party)
French
4 entries- archaïque adj (linguistics: having few changes relative to an older form)
- conservateur adj (tending to resist change)
- conservateur adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- conservateur adj (linguistics: having few changes relative to an older form)
Galician
2 entries- conservador adj (tending to resist change)
- conservador noun (one who favors the status quo)
Georgian
4 entries- კონსერვატორი noun (one who favors the status quo)
- კონსერვატორი noun (UK: member of the Conservative party)
- კონსერვატორი noun (fiscal conservative)
- კონსერვატორი noun (political conservative)
German
4 entries- konservativ adj (tending to resist change)
- konservativ adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- Konservative noun (UK: member of the Conservative party)
- Konservativer noun (one who favors the status quo)
Greek
4 entries- επιφυλακτικός adj (based on pessimistic assumptions)
- μετριοπαθής adj (based on pessimistic assumptions)
- ρεπουμπλικανός adj (US: relating to the Republican party)
- συντηρητικός adj (tending to resist change)
Hebrew
4 entries- שמרני adj (tending to resist change)
- שמרן noun (one who favors the status quo)
- שמרן noun (political conservative)
- שמרן noun (social conservative)
Hindi
3 entries- रूढ़िवादी adj (tending to resist change)
- रूढ़िवादी noun (one who favors the status quo)
- रूढ़िवादी noun (social conservative)
Hungarian
1 entries- konzervatív noun (political conservative)
Icelandic
1 entries- íhaldssinni noun (one who favors the status quo)
Indonesian
3 entries- konservatif adj (tending to resist change)
- konservatif adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- konservatif noun (one who favors the status quo)
Ingrian
1 entries- vanhameeliin noun (one who favors the status quo)
Irish
4 entries- coimeádach adj (tending to resist change)
- coimeádach noun (one who favors the status quo)
- coimeádach noun (political conservative)
- coimeádaí noun (political conservative)
Italian
4 entries- conservatore adj (tending to resist change)
- prudente adj (based on pessimistic assumptions)
- conservatore noun (one who favors the status quo)
- conservatore noun (UK: member of the Conservative party)
Japanese
4 entries- コンサーバティブ adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- 保守的 adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- 保守的な adj (tending to resist change)
- 保守派 noun (one who favors the status quo)
Kazakh
1 entries- сақтанымпаз adj (tending to resist change)
Korean
4 entries- 공화당(共和黨)의 adj (US: relating to the Republican party)
- 보수당(保守黨)의 adj (UK: relating to the Conservative party)
- 보수적(保守的)인 adj (tending to resist change)
- 보수적(保守的)인 adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
Malay
2 entries- konservatif noun (one who favors the status quo)
- konservatif noun (political conservative)
Manx
4 entries- cumaadagh adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- cumaadagh adj (UK: relating to the Conservative party)
- freilltagh adj (tending to resist change)
- cumaadagh noun (one who favors the status quo)
Māori
1 entries- arowheau adj (tending to resist change)
Norman
2 entries- consèrvateu noun (one who favors the status quo)
- consèrvateu noun (UK: member of the Conservative party)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- konservativ noun (one who favors the status quo)
- konservativ noun (UK: member of the Conservative party)
Persian
2 entries- محافظهکار adj (tending to resist change)
- محافظهکار adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
Polish
4 entries- konserwatywny adj (tending to resist change)
- konserwatywny adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- konserwatywny adj (linguistics: having few changes relative to an older form)
- zachowawczy adj (tending to resist change)
Portuguese
4 entries- conservador adj (tending to resist change)
- conservador adj (based on pessimistic assumptions)
- conservador adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- prudente adj (based on pessimistic assumptions)
Romanian
4 entries- conservator adj (tending to resist change)
- conservator adj (based on pessimistic assumptions)
- conservator adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- conservator adj (UK: relating to the Conservative party)
Russian
4 entries- консервати́вный adj (tending to resist change)
- консервати́вный adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- консервати́вный adj (UK: relating to the Conservative party)
- республика́нский adj (US: relating to the Republican party)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kȍnzervatīvan adj (tending to resist change)
- ко̏нзерватӣван adj (tending to resist change)
Slovak
1 entries- konzervatívny adj (tending to resist change)
Spanish
4 entries- conservador adj (tending to resist change)
- conservador adj (based on pessimistic assumptions)
- conservador adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- conservativo adj (physics: neither creating nor destroying a given quantity)
Swedish
4 entries- bakåtsträvande adj (tending to resist change)
- gammaldags adj (tending to resist change)
- konservativ adj (tending to resist change)
- konservativ adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
Thai
1 entries- หัวโบราณ adj (tending to resist change)
Turkish
1 entries- muhafazakâr noun (one who favors the status quo)
Ukrainian
4 entries- консервати́вний adj (tending to resist change)
- консервати́вний adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
- консерва́тор noun (one who favors the status quo)
- консерва́тор noun (political conservative)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bảo thủ adj (tending to resist change)
- bảo thủ chủ nghĩa adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
Yiddish
1 entries- קאָנסערוואַטיוו adj (supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
On the whole, the Japanese are conservative.
Source: tatoeba (21816)
The English are generally a conservative people.
Source: tatoeba (26134)
Englishmen are, on the whole, conservative.
Source: tatoeba (26135)
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