CONSERVATIVES Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word conservatives. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for CONSERVATIVES
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traditionalist | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • one who adheres to traditional views adjective satellite • stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded | ||||||||
diehards | nounn | |||||||
noun • one who adheres to traditional views | ||||||||
reactionaries | nounn | |||||||
noun • an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism adjective satellite • opposed to political or social liberalism or reform | ||||||||
republicans | nounn | |||||||
adjective • relating to or belonging to the Republican Party noun • an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy) • a member of the Republican Party • a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas adjective satellite • having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government | ||||||||
rightists | nounn | |||||||
noun • a member of a right wing political party adjective satellite • believing in or supporting tenets of the political right | ||||||||
tories | nounn | |||||||
noun • an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution • a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs • a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative | ||||||||
traditionalists | nounn | |||||||
noun • one who adheres to traditional views adjective satellite • stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded | ||||||||
reactionary | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism adjective satellite • opposed to political or social liberalism or reform | ||||||||
right-winger | nounn | |||||||
noun • a member of a right wing political party | ||||||||
bourgeois | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise • a member of the middle class adjective satellite • (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class • conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class • belonging to the middle class | ||||||||
button-down | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • unimaginatively conventional • of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons | ||||||||
buttoned-down | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • unimaginatively conventional | ||||||||
cautious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • showing careful forethought noun • people who are fearful and cautious adjective satellite • avoiding excess | ||||||||
conservativist | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas | ||||||||
materialistic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • marked by materialism • conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class |