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conservation - 12 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | conservation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preservation |
| Synonyms: | attention, care, control, custody, economy, governing, guardianship, keeping, maintenance, management, managing, protection, safekeeping, salvation, saving, storage, supervision, upkeep, cherishing, conservancy, conserving, directing, guarding, preserval, preserving, protecting, safeguarding, stewardship, supervising, sustentation |
| Antonyms: | destruction, neglect, waste, spending, squandering |
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| Main Entry: | conservation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
hygienic, intact, preservative, preservatory, preserved, preserving, prophylactic, safe, safe and sound, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarred, unsinged, with a whole skin
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| Main Entry: | ecology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environmental science |
| Synonyms: | conservation, preservation, bionomics |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments |
| Main Entry: | frugality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | economizing |
| Synonyms: | avarice, conservation, economy, moderation, parsimony, providence, prudence, saving, thrift, avariciousness, carefulness, forehandedness, good management, miserliness, niggardliness, parsimoniousness, penuriousness, scrimping, stinginess, thriftiness |
| Antonyms: | generosity, lavishness, wastefulness |
| Main Entry: | maintenance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perpetuation, support; sustenance |
| Synonyms: | alimony, allowance, bacon*, bread, bread and butter, care, conservation, continuance, continuation, food, keep, keeping, livelihood, living, nurture, preservation, provision, resources, salt*, subsistence, supply, upkeep, wherewithal, aliment, alimentation, carrying, prolongation, repairs, retainment, sustaining, sustainment, sustention |
| Antonyms: | desertion, ignorance, neglect, forsaking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | preservation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maintenance, protection |
| Synonyms: | canning, care, conservation, curing, defense, evaporation, freezing, guard, guardianship, keeping, refrigeration, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, saving, security, shield, storage, support, ward, conservancy, perpetuation, pickling, preserval, safeguarding, sustentation, tanning, upholding |
| Antonyms: | destruction, ruin |
| Main Entry: | protection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, guardianship |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armament, armor, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouflage, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, defense, fix, guard, insurance, preservation, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, screen, security, shelter, shield, stability, strength, surety, tutelage, umbrella*, ward, guarding, invulnerability, protecting, reassurance, self-defense, wardship |
| Antonyms: | attack, harm, hurt, injury, threat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | salvation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rescue, saving |
| Synonyms: | conservation, deliverance, emancipation, escape, exemption, keeping, liberation, lifeline, pardon, preservation, redemption, release, reprieve, restoration, safekeeping, conservancy, extrication, preserval, sustentation |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, injury, loss, waste, endangerment |
| Main Entry: | upkeep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maintenance |
| Synonyms: | budget, conservation, expenditure, expenses, keep, outlay, overhead, preservation, price, repair, running, subsistence, support, sustenance, costs, sustentation |
| Antonyms: | neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | prudence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caution |
| Synonyms: | austerity, calculation, care, concern, conservation, conservatism, coolness, deliberation, diligence, discretion, economy, foresight, forethought, frugality, heed, judgment, precaution, providence, reasoning, sagacity, tact, vigilance, watchfulness, wisdom, carefulness, circumspection, considerateness, heedfulness, judiciousness |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, disregard, imprudence, rashness, recklessness |
| Main Entry: | custody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supervision, charge of something |
| Synonyms: | aegis, auspices, care, conservation, guardianship, keeping, management, observation, preservation, protection, safekeeping, salvation, ward, watch, custodianship, superintendence, trusteeship, tute-lage, wardship |
| Main Entry: | husbandry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thrift |
| Synonyms: | conservation, economy, frugality, providence, thriftiness |
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