Dictionary definition · Conservative
noun
- a member of a Conservative Party
- a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
adjective
- resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion
- having social or political views favoring conservatism
- avoiding excess"a conservative estimate"
- unimaginatively conventional"a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"
- conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class"a bourgeois mentality"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).