I. con ‧ ser ‧ va ‧ tive 1 /kənˈsɜːvətɪv $ -ɜːr-/ BrE AmE adjective
1 . not liking changes or new ideas:
a very conservative attitude to education
conservative views
2 . Conservative belonging to or concerned with the Conservative Party in Britain:
Conservative policies
a Conservative MP
3 . not very modern in style, taste etc SYN traditional :
a dark conservative suit
4 . a conservative estimate/guess a guess which is deliberately lower than what the real amount probably is:
At a conservative estimate, the holiday will cost about £1,500.
—conservatively adverb :
a fortune conservatively estimated at 2 million dollars
He was conservatively dressed in a dark business suit.
II. conservative 2 BrE AmE noun [countable]
1 . Conservative someone who supports or is a member of the Conservative Party in Britain
2 . someone who does not like changes in politics, ideas, or fashion:
an argument between reformers and conservatives in the organization