conservancy

noun

con·​ser·​van·​cy kən-ˈsər-vən(t)-sē 

plural conservancies

1

British : a board regulating fisheries and navigation in a river or port

2

a

: conservation

b

: an organization or area designated to conserve and protect natural resources

Synonyms of conservancy

• preservation
• conservation

Examples of conservancy in a Sentence

The land was recently donated to a local conservancy.

raising money for the conservancy of natural resources

Recent Examples on the Web

Last year, the conservancy reduced the amount of brush on 700 acres, Barton said. —Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026

As a freshman at Lakewood High in suburban Denver, Dempsey traveled to Hohhot, a city in China’s Inner Mongolia region, as part of a tree-planting initiative through a nature conservancy. —Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 30 Jan. 2026

The conservancy has declined to reveal how much the agricultural operations are being paid to close down. —Richard Halstead, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026

It was found 25 miles off Onslow Bay in the Gulf Stream, using satellite tracking, the conservancy said. —Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 21 Jan. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English conservancie "act of conserving or keeping safe," borrowed from Medieval Latin conservantia "conservation, office of a conservator," noun derivative of Latin conservant-, conservans, present participle of conservāre "to save or keep from danger, preserve, keep unchanged" — more at conserve entry 1

First Known Use

1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for conservancy

• fervency