Entry Word: conservative

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions <conservative baseball fans consider the new ballpark too modern-looking and plain ugly>

Synonyms old-fashioned, orthodox, reactionary, traditional, unprogressive

Related Words conventional; faithful, loyal, steadfast, true-blue

Near Antonyms extremist, radical, revolutionary; nonconformist

Antonyms liberal, nonorthodox, nontraditional, progressive, unorthodox

2 not excessively showy <dressing in conservative outfits so as to make a good impression at job interviews> — see quiet 2