conservative, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

conservative (conservatives plural )
The spelling Conservative is also used for meaning 1.

1 adj A Conservative politician or voter is a member of or votes for the Conservative Party in Britain. (=Tory)
Most Conservative MPs appear happy with the government's reassurances.

2  adj Someone who is conservative has right-wing views. (=right-wing)
...counties whose citizens invariably support the most conservative candidate in any election.
  Conservative is also a noun., n-count

3 adj Someone who is conservative or has conservative ideas is unwilling to accept changes and new ideas.
It is essentially a narrow and conservative approach to child care.

4  adj If someone dresses in a conservative way, their clothes are conventional in style.
The girl was well dressed, as usual, though in a more conservative style.
♦ conservatively  adv
She was always very conservatively dressed when we went out.

5  adj A conservative estimate or guess is one in which you are cautious and estimate or guess a low amount which is probably less that the real amount.
A conservative estimate of the bill, so far, is about £22,000...
♦ conservatively  adv
The bequest is conservatively estimated at £30 million.