# conservative

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈsɜːvətɪv/ · frequency rank #2,433

## Definitions
1. A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
2. One who seeks to promote or preserve traditional values or institutions.
3. One who seeks to promote traditions in a particular domain (e.g. a fiscal conservative or a social conservative).

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French conservatif, from Latin cōnservō (“to preserve”). Equivalent to conserve + -ative.

## Easily confused with
- **conservatively** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conservative-vs-conservatively)
- **conservation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conservation-vs-conservative)
- **conservatism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conservatism-vs-conservative)

## Common misspellings (18)
`cconservative`, `cnoservative`, `conesrvative`, `connservative`, `conseravtive`, `conserrvative`, `conservaitve`, `conservatiev`, `conservativve`, `conservattive`, `conservatvie`, `conservtaive`, `conservvative`, `consevrative`, `consrevative`, `consservative`, `cosnervative`, `ocnservative`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/conservative