conservative

IPA: kʌnsˈɝvʌtɪv

A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
(politics) One who opposes changes to the traditional institutions of their country.
(US, politics) A person who favors decentralization of political power and disfavors interventionist foreign policy.
(US, economics) A fiscal conservative.
(US, social sciences) A social conservative.
(politics) A member of a political party incorporating the word "Conservative" in its name.
(Britain, politics) A member of the Conservative party.
(Canada, politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, or its predecessors, or provincial equivalents, or their predecessors
(Judaism) pertaining to Conservative Judaism

Cautious, moderate.
Tending to resist change or innovation.
Based on pessimistic assumptions.
(US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
(Britain, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
(physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
(Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
(clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
(medicine) Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment)

Examples of "conservative" in Sentences

They are the persuadable conservatives.
The Sun was the most politically conservative of the three.
The majority of the city's inhabitants are socially conservative.
That is the conservative aspect conserving the power of the elie.
The platform was aligned with the social conservatives in the party.
Holden is one of the most socially conservative Democrats in the House.
The political attitudes of the majority of the population are conservative.
Conservative values already permeate many aspects of life in Libya, including politics.