Plural of conservative
regular plural
The plural of conservative is conservatives.
Forms of conservative
| Singular | conservative /kənˈsɜːvətɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | conservatives |
| Countable | countable |
Conservatives in a sentence
- His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives.From the entry patronage
- The coalition of religious conservatives was campaigning against, in their view, rampant obscenity in the entertainment industry.From the entry obscenity
- A convention of conservatives is not the place to display your liberalness.From the entry liberalness
- American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.From the entry construction
- The Liberal party in Australia is often described as being a broad church, encompassing conservatives and radicals, wets and dries.From the entry broad church
Meaning of conservative
- noun A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
- noun One who seeks to promote or preserve traditional values or institutions.
- noun One who seeks to promote traditions in a particular domain (e.g. a fiscal conservative or a social conservative).
Questions about the plural of conservative
- What is the plural of conservative?
- The plural of conservative is conservatives.
- Is conservative countable?
- Conservative is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: conservative (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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