0 not usually liking or trusting change, especially sudden change: --
1 A conservative guess or calculation is likely to be less than the real amount: --
If I said there were three million unemployed, that would be a conservative estimate.
2 belonging to or supporting the British political party that traditionally supports business and opposes high taxes and government involvement in industry: --
a Conservative MP/government
Conservative policies
the Conservative Party
3 someone who belongs to or supports the Conservative Party of Great Britain (= a political party that traditionally supports business and opposes high taxes and government involvement in industry), or a similar party in another country: --
4 tending to emphasize the importance of preserving traditional cultural and religious values, and to oppose change, esp. sudden change --
5 tending to emphasize the importance of personal responsibility and traditional values and to oppose depending on government for social services: --
conservative Republicans
He has been a Conservative all his life.
Some prominent Conservatives have said they won't vote for him.
The scheme is opposed by the Conservatives who have pledged to abolish it.
She always votes Conservative.
He was a Conservative minister in the Thatcher government.
He has a very conservative approach to management.