conservative

adjective

• 1averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values:they were very conservative in their outlook
• (of dress or taste) sober and conventional:a conservative suit

• 2(in a political context) favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially conservative ideas.
• (Conservative) relating to the Conservative Party of Great Britain or a similar party elsewhere: the Conservative government

• 3(of an estimate) purposely low for the sake of caution:police placed the value of the haul at a conservative £500,000

• 4(of surgery or medical treatment) intended to control rather than eliminate a condition, with existing tissue preserved as far as possible.

noun

• 1a person who is averse to change and holds traditional values: he remains a conservative in constitutional matters

• 2 (Conservative) a supporter or member of the Conservative Party of Great Britain or a similar party elsewhere.