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Conservative

Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

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Conventional 84% connected

Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

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Conventional 84% connected

Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

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Fusty 84% connected

Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank.

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Fusty 84% connected

Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank.

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Hidebound 84% connected

Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.

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Hidebound 84% connected

Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.

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Moderate 84% connected

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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Moderate 84% connected

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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Right 84% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Right 84% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Traditionalist 84% connected

An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist.

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Traditionalist 84% connected

An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Member 76% connected

To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Capitalist 76% connected

One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business.

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Conformist 76% connected

One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or non…

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fuddy-duddy 76% connected

A person who is old-fashioned or fussy

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Mossback 76% connected

A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.

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Reactionary 76% connected

Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.

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Square 76% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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Traditionalist 76% connected

An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist.

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Ideology 66% connected

The science of ideas.

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Ideology 66% connected

The science of ideas.

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Orthodox 66% connected

Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures;…

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Orthodox 66% connected

Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures;…

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Right 66% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Right 66% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Synonym 3

Bourgeois 92% connected

A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.

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Cautious 92% connected

Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful; as, a…

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Materialistic 92% connected

Alt. of Materialistical

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Antonym 2

Liberal 94% connected

Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spi…

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Liberal 94% connected

Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spi…

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