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| Main Entry: | conservative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cautious, moderate, tending to preserve the status quo |
| Synonyms: | bourgeois, constant, conventional, die-hard, fearful, firm, fuddy-duddy*, guarded, hard hat, illiberal, inflexible, middle-of-the-road*, obstinate, old guard*, orthodox, quiet, reactionary, redneck*, right, right-wing, sober, stable, steady, timid, traditional, unchangeable, unchanging, unimaginative, Tory, controlled, fogyish, hidebound, holding to, in a rut, not extreme, old line, right of center, traditionalistic, uncreative, undaring, unprogressive, white bread |
| Antonyms: | exaggerated, incautious, left-wing, liberal, progressive, radical |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conservative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is cautious, moderate; an opponent of change |
| Synonyms: | diehard, hard hat, moderate, old guard*, reactionary, redneck*, right, stick-in-the-mud*, Tory, bitter-ender, classicist, conserver, conventionalist, middle-of-the-roader, moderatist, obstructionist, old liner, preserver, right-winger, rightist, silk-stocking, standpat, traditionalist, unprogressive |
| Antonyms: | liberal, progressive, radical, left-winger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bourgeois |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commonplace |
| Synonyms: | Victorian, common, conservative, conventional, illiberal, materialistic, middle-class, traditional, Philistine, hidebound, old-line |
| Antonyms: | adventurous, imaginative, inspired, nonconforming, original, untraditional |
| Main Entry: | careful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cautious; painstaking |
| Synonyms: | accurate, alert, apprehensive, assiduous, attentive, chary, choosy, circumspect, concerned, conscientious, conservative, cool, deliberate, discreet, exacting, fastidious, finicky, fussy, guarded, heedful, judicious, leery, meticulous, mindful, observant, particular, precise, prim, protective, provident, prudent, punctilious, regardful, religious, rigorous, scrupulous, shy, sober, solicitous, solid, thorough, thoughtful, vigilant, wary, going to great lengths, playing safe, selfdisciplined |
| Antonyms: | careless, inattentive, incautious, thoughtless, unconcerned, unscrupulous, uncareful |
| Main Entry: | defensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | protective, watchful |
| Synonyms: | conservative, opposing, preservative, preventive, uptight*, arresting, averting, balking, checking, coping with, defending, foiling, forestalling, frustrating, guarding, in opposition, interrupting, protecting, resistive, safeguarding, thwarting, warding off, withstanding |
| Notes: | defendable means capable of being protected or justified; defensible means capable of being defended or justified; defensive means attempting to justify or defend |
| Antonyms: | unwary, undefensive, unprotective, unwatchful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | die-hard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncompromising |
| Synonyms: | conservative, convinced, dyed-in-the-wool*, extremist, firm, immovable, inflexible, intransigent, orthodox, reactionary, right, Philistine, Tory, fogyish, old-line, standpat, traditionalistic, ultraconservative, unreconstructed |
| Antonyms: | flexible, compromising, conceding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discreet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cautious, sensible |
| Synonyms: | alert, attentive, awake, cagey, calculating, careful, chary, circumspect, civil, conservative, considerate, diplomatic, discerning, discriminating, gingerly, guarded, heedful, intelligent, judicious, moderate, noncommittal, observant, politic, prudent, reasonable, reserved, restrained, safe, sagacious, strategic, tactful, temperate, thoughtful, vigilant, wary, watchful, wise, worldly-wise, controlled, having foresight, like a clam, not rash, on lookout, precautious |
| Antonyms: | careless, foolish, incautious, indiscreet, rash, reckless, thoughtless, uncareful, undiscerning |
| Main Entry: | intolerant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impatient, prejudiced |
| Synonyms: | antipathetic, averse, biased, bigoted, communist, conservative, contemptuous, dictatorial, disdainful, dogmatic, fanatical, fractious, hateful, illiberal, indignant, inflexible, irate, irritable, jaundiced, narrow, narrow-minded, obdurate, one-sided, racist, small-minded*, snappy, stuffy, uncharitable, unfair, unsympathetic, unwilling, upset, waspish, chauvinistic, individualistic, outraged, racialist, short-fuse, tilted, unforbearing, unindulgent, worked-up, xenophobic |
| Antonyms: | fair, impartial, patient, tolerant, unprejudiced |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | middle-of-the-road |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moderate |
| Synonyms: | balanced, cautious, conservative, even, impartial, indifferent, inexpensive, mild, modest, neutral, noncommittal, nonpartisan, on the fence*, reasonable, straight, compromising, controlled, disciplined, midway, not excessive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mossback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | old-fashioned person |
| Synonyms: | conservative, fuddy-duddy*, square*, geezer, old fogy, old geezer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | narrow-minded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | biased, intolerant |
| Synonyms: | bigoted, conservative, conventional, illiberal, insular, narrow, opinionated, parochial, petty, prejudiced, provincial, reactionary, short-sighted, small-minded, strait-laced, hidebound, unenlarged |
| Antonyms: | broad-minded, liberal, tolerant, unbiased |
| Main Entry: | old school |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | traditional |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, accustomed, classic, classical, conservative, conventional, customary, habitual, old, popular, regular, rooted, time-honored, long-established, old line |
| Main Entry: | orthodox |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accepted, traditional |
| Synonyms: | acknowledged, approved, authoritative, by the numbers*, canonical, conformist, conservative, conventional, correct, customary, devout, die-hard, established, legitimate, official, pious, proper, punctilious, reactionary, received, recognized, religious, right, rightful, sanctioned, sound, square, standard, straight, straight arrow, true, according to the book, admitted, buttoned-down*, doctrinal, in line, old-line, traditionalistic, well-established |
| Antonyms: | heterodox, unconventional, unorthodox, untraditional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parochial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | narrow-minded, restricted |
| Synonyms: | biased, bigoted, conservative, conventional, insular, limited, local, narrow, petty, prejudiced, provincial, regional, sectarian, sectional, shallow, small-minded, inward-looking, small-town |
| Antonyms: | broad, liberal, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | protective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | guarding, securing |
| Synonyms: | careful, conservative, covering, defensive, emergency, guardian, jealous, possessive, preservative, vigilant, warm, watchful, conservational, custodial, insulating, protecting, safeguarding, sheltering, shielding |
| Antonyms: | harmful, hurtful, injurious, threatening, attacking |
| Main Entry: | restrained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, quiet |
| Synonyms: | conservative, cool, discreet, laid-back*, mild, moderate, plain, reasonable, reticent, retiring, shrinking, soft, steady, subdued, tasteful, temperate, under wraps*, unobtrusive, uptight, withdrawn, bottled up, calm and collected, chilled, controlled, corked up, in charge, in check, inobtrusive, muted, on a leash, self-controlled, unaffable, undemonstrative, under control, unexcessive, unexpansive, unextreme |
| Antonyms: | assured, bold, confident, extroverted, outgoing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | right-wing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conservative politically |
| Synonyms: | conservative, conventional, reactionary, rightist, ultra-conservative, unprogressive |
| Antonyms: | left-wing, radical |
| Main Entry: | small-minded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | narrow-minded |
| Synonyms: | biased, bigoted, conservative, illiberal, intolerant, opinionated, petty, prejudiced, selfish, short-sighted |
| Main Entry: | stick-in-the-mud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unadventurous person |
| Synonyms: | antediluvian, conservative, diehard*, diehard, fossil*, fuddy-duddy, mossback*, reactionary, obstinate person, old fogy, person set in ways |
| Antonyms: | adventurer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | Victorian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prudish |
| Synonyms: | conservative, conventional, demure, genteel, priggish*, prim, prissy*, proper, puritanical, respectable, rigid, smug, square, starchy*, stiff*, straitlaced, stuffy, uptight* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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