conservative

adjective12

1. •
   Tending to resist change or innovation.

   • The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.
2. •
   holding right-wing political views, usually favoring traditional values, low taxes and less government control of business

   • George Soros remains a favorite target of conservative conspiracy theorists, seeing his corrupting influence behind every liberal movement and within every nook and cranny. — 2020
3. •
   having changed little from an earlier form, especially compared with related languages

   • While innovative in its verbal system, Sardinian is the most conservative Romance language in its vocabulary and phonology.
4. •
   Cautious, moderate.

   • The chef added a conservative amount of salt to the dish.
5. •
   Based on pessimistic assumptions, and on the low side.

   • At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.
6. •
   plain and traditional in style, avoiding anything too bright, bold or new, especially in clothes
7. •
   (UK) connected with the Tories, a right-wing political party in the United Kingdom

   • We have always been conscientiously attached to what is called the Tory, and which might with more propriety be called the Conservative, party. — 1830
8. •
   avoiding surgery and using simple methods such as rest, medicine or exercise, said of medical treatment

   • Operative treatment should be reserved for those patients in whom conservative treatment has failed and who are motivated with regard to sports. — 2000
9. •
   (Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
10. •
    creating or destroying none of something such as energy or mass, so that its total amount in a system stays the same
11. •
    That is the gradient of a function.
12. •
    able to keep something whole and in good condition, protecting it from loss, waste or harm

    • Without the conservative organs, the body would receive no nourishment; and without nourishment, it would soon decay and perish. — 1841

noun3

1. •
   A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
2. •
   One who seeks to promote or preserve traditional values or institutions.
3. •
   (US, Canada) One who seeks to promote traditions in a particular domain (e.g. a fiscal conservative or a social conservative).

noun4

1. •
   A member of a political party incorporating the word "Conservative" in its name.
2. •
   (UK) A member of the Conservative party.
3. •
   (Canada) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, or its predecessors, or provincial equivalents, or their predecessors
4. •
   (Judaism) pertaining to Conservative Judaism