60 Opposites of Conservative

John Spacey, January 15, 2021

Conservative is a political ideology that values stability, tradition and continuity with the past. This implies a cautious approach to change and the belief that the past has value. It is a common mistake to view liberal as the opposite of conservative. This is not the case as liberalism is a political ideology that prioritizes rights and freedoms. Conservatives could also prioritize these things. The true political opposite of conservatism is progressivism that advocates for an aggressive rate of change with the view that the past is something to be escaped. The following are common antonyms of conservative including terms with both positive and negative connotations.

advancing	adventurous
ahead	antiestablishment
antitraditional	audacious
avant-garde	bold
brash	brave
brazen	broad-minded
capricious	chancy
contrarian	critical
cutting-edge	daring
dauntless	dissident
drastic	dreamer
enterprising	extreme
forefront	forward
futuristic	groundbreaking
iconoclast	idealist
impertinent	impudent
intrepid	inventive
modernistic	nonconforming
nonconservative	notional
novel	open-minded
perilous	pioneering
postmodern	presumptuous
progressive	rebel
reformist	renegade
revolutionary	risk taking
risky	uncertain
unconventional	unorthodox
unrealistic	unsentimental
utopian	vanguard
venturesome	visionary