CONSERVATIVE
Scrabble letter values: C3O1N1S1E1R1V4A1T1I1V4E1 = 20
Definition
- noun a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas. — synonyms: conservativist
- noun a member of a Conservative Party.
- adjective resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion.
- adjective having social or political views favoring conservatism.
- adjective avoiding excess. — synonyms: cautious
- adjective unimaginatively conventional. — synonyms: button-down, buttoned-down
- adjective conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class. — synonyms: bourgeois, materialistic
Examples
- “a conservative estimate”
- “a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business- Newsweek”
- “a bourgeois mentality”