1. noun
a) A person who favors maintenance of the status quo or reversion to some earlier status.
b) A fiscal conservative
2. adjective
The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.
b) Based on pessimistic assumptions.
At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.
See Also: anticonservative, Conservative, conserve, conservationist, conservatism, conservator, fiscal conservative, political conservative, social conservative, small-c conservative
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