Word Type

Noun

The word "conservation" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

excessive excessive waste expenditure silence spending waste wasting

Capable Of

save rainforests succeed in protecting wildlife

Derived Terms

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 proconservation reconservation soil conservation ultraconservation

Derived From

conserve

Context

biology culture physics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

advance betterment improvement preservation principle saving

Type Of (IsA)

improvement preservation principle

Related Terms

biodiversity care cause conservative conservator conserve discussion ecology environment environmentally environmentally important green green cause guard important interaction keeping law loss mass movement natural resources nature people physics physics law pick pick up preserve preserve nature protect save saving saving environment saving nature saving things taking taking care talk talking two two people up zero zero loss

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