Conservation

//ˌkɑnsə(ɹ)ˈveɪʃən//

Synonyms for "conservation" (46 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (10)

attention care cold storage conservancy conservationism control custody dead storage directing dry storage

Strong matches (13)

economy environmental conservation forest conservation forest management governing guardianship husbandry keeping maintenance management managing preserval preservation

Related words (23)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

6 entries

advance betterment improvement preservation principle saving

Antonyms

7 entries

excessive excessive waste expenditure silence spending waste wasting

capable of

2 entries

save rainforests succeed in protecting wildlife

derived

20 entries

anticonservation anticonservationist conservation biology conservation law conservation of energy conservation of mass conservational conservationism conservationist cryoconservation geoconservation hyperconservation law of conservation of mass microconservation neuroconservation nonconservation

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derived from

1 entries

conserve

has context

3 entries

biology culture physics

is a

3 entries

improvement preservation principle

related to

45 entries

biodiversity care cause conservative conservator conserve discussion ecology environment environmentally environmentally important green green cause guard important interaction

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Translations

81 translations across 32 languages.

Armenian

3 entries

բնապահպանություն noun (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources)
կոնսերվացում noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
պահպանում noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Bulgarian

3 entries

консервация noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
опазване noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
съхраняване noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Catalan

1 entries

conservació noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

保存 noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
保護 /保护 noun (A wise use of natural resources)

Czech

2 entries

konzervace noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
zachování noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Danish

1 entries

bevaring noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Dutch

3 entries

bewaren noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
conserveren noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
natuurbescherming noun (A wise use of natural resources)

Esperanto

1 entries

konservado noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Finnish

4 entries

luonnonsuojelu noun (A wise use of natural resources)
suojelu noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
säilyttäminen noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
säilytys noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

French

4 entries

conservation noun ((biology) gene sequences or structures that are not changed in evolution)
défense noun (A wise use of natural resources)
préservation noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
préservation noun (A wise use of natural resources)

German

4 entries

Artenschutz noun (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources)
Bewahrung noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
Bewahrung noun (A wise use of natural resources)
Einsparung noun (A wise use of natural resources)

Greek

1 entries

διατήρηση noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Hebrew

1 entries

שימור noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Hungarian

2 entries

megőrzés noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
természetvédelem noun (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources)

Indonesian

1 entries

konservasi noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Italian

1 entries

conservazione noun ((biology) gene sequences or structures that are not changed in evolution)

Japanese

3 entries

保存 noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
保護 noun (A wise use of natural resources)
節約 noun (A wise use of natural resources)

Korean

1 entries

보존 noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Lao

1 entries

ການອະນຸລັກ noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Malay

1 entries

pemuliharaan noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Malayalam

1 entries

സംരക്ഷണം noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

bevaring noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
naturvern noun (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

bevaring noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
naturvern noun (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources)

Polish

1 entries

konserwacja noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Portuguese

2 entries

conservação noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
conservação noun ((biology) gene sequences or structures that are not changed in evolution)

Romanian

3 entries

apărare noun (A wise use of natural resources)
conservare noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
prezervare noun (A wise use of natural resources)

Russian

4 entries

защи́та noun (A wise use of natural resources)
консерва́ция noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
охра́на noun (A wise use of natural resources)
охра́на приро́ды noun (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources)

Semai

1 entries

puleh perei noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Spanish

3 entries

conservación noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
conservación noun ((biology) gene sequences or structures that are not changed in evolution)
criamiento noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Swedish

1 entries

bevarande noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Tagalog

2 entries

satinggal noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
satinggal noun (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources)

Ukrainian

2 entries

збере́ження noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)
консерва́ція noun (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The organization plays a principal role in wildlife conservation.

Source: tatoeba (45443)

The third is the preservation of environment. In this case, the conservation of energy and resources is needed.

Source: tatoeba (50777)

This has been designated a conservation area.

Source: tatoeba (57918)

I was asked to make a few remarks on energy conservation.

Source: tatoeba (65308)

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