The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TORIES which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2008.
Conservatives crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TORIES | 54 % | 6 |
| RIGHT | 15 % | 5 |
| OLDGUARD | 15 % | 8 |
| THERIGHT | 8 % | 8 |
| OLDLINE | 8 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Conservatives
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ultraconservative
- bourgeois
- middle-class
- traditionalist
- conventional
- materialistic
- moderate
- right
- cautious
- unprogressive
- blimpish
- nonprogressive
Crossword Answer definitions
TORIES noun- (UK politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party, which evolved from Royalist politicians; historically associated with upholding the rights of the monarchy and the privileges of the established Church.
- (by extension) One who is like a British Tory; someone politically conservative.
- (Canadian politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party.
- A member of the political factions that sought to prevent the exclusion of James, Duke of York from the throne of England in the 17th century.
- An Irish rebel fighting against English rule at the end of the Confederate War and Cromwellian invasion; later extended to other rebels or bandits.
- (American Revolution) A loyal British subject.
- (American Civil War, Confederate states) A Union sympathizer.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TORIES
- George III loyalists
- British political party
- Conservatives of yore
- British conservatives
- They showed loyalty to royalty in the 1770s
- Loyalists, to the Minutemen
- Supporters of King George III
- Major followers
- Conservatives
- Whig opponents
More clues leading to the result RIGHT
- Kind of stuff, from a Wolfe novel
- Not wrong
- "ikr" part
- Not wrong.
- "Agreed"
- Appropriate
- Item in a bill
- Synonym of 69 Down
- Dextral
- Just
More clues leading to the result OLDGUARD
- They're hardly revolutionary
- Conservative element
- Conservative element.
- Conservative element of a group.
- Conservatives.
- Defenders of a cause.
- G.O.P. group
- Faction not accepting new ideas
- Conservatives
- Conservative faction