conservationist

Noun

Meaning

someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

environmentalist jesus guardian redeemer liberator salvation saviour back greens chartist saver green conservative donor renewable

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Antonyms

harmful destructive detrimental logger industrialist consumptive

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Hypernyms

crusader reformer reformist meliorist social reformer

Hyponyms

green tree hugger

Anagrams

conversationist

Examples

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children. John James Audubon

A conservationist is one who is humbly aware that with each stroke [of the axe] he is writing his signature on the face of his land. Aldo Leopold

Teddy Roosevelt is still a hero among environmentalists for his conservationist policies. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Albert Fein, Frederick Law Olmsted and the American Environmental Tradition (1972) Olmsted was also known to oppose park projects on conservationist grounds. Source: Internet

An avid outdoorsman and staunch conservationist, he established the Grand Canyon Game Preserve on November 28, 1906. Source: Internet

Abbot Kinney, West Los Angeles’ hipster haven, is named after the conservationist and developer of the same name who wanted to build the “Venice of America.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

conservational conservationally conservationism conservatisation conservatise conservatism