Conservative and Extremist

Opposite meaning words

Conservative adjective - Tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions.

Usage example: conservative baseball fans consider the new ballpark too modern-looking and plain ugly

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Extremist is an antonym for conservative.

Extremist adjective - Being very far from the center of public opinion.

Usage example: their extremist views on religious issues set them apart from the rest of the community

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Conservative is an antonym for extremist in person zealous about a belief topic.

Nearby Words: extreme, extremity, extremism, extremal

fellow	fellow conservative	fellow extremist
good	good conservative	good extremist
true	true conservative	true extremist
extreme	extreme conservative	extreme extremist
Other adjectives: religious, political, possible, former, right-wing.

The Fifth Elephant makes the point in the same Dwarvish context that "conservative" does not necessarily mean "extremist".

Source: Does This Remind You Of Anything / Literature
Some writers that handled the character seemed to think that any conservative leaning, at all, constituted being a wacko extremist.

Source: Straw Character

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Extremist and Conservative. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/conservative/extremist

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