1. (

• conservative ,
• conservativist

) a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas ;

2. (

• Conservative ,

) a member of a Conservative Party ;

1. (

• conservative

) resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion ;

2. (

• conservative

) having social or political views favoring conservatism ;

3. (

• cautious ,
• conservative

) avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" ;

4. (

• button-down ,
• buttoned-down ,
• conservative

) unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek ;

5. (

• bourgeois ,
• conservative ,
• materialistic

) conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality" ;