CONSERVE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CONSERVE?

Need another word that means the same as “conserve”? Find 40 synonyms and 30 related words for “conserve” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Conserve” are: keep up, maintain, preserve, economise, economize, husband, protect, keep safe, shield, cover, screen, shade, keep from harm, afford protection to, provide protection for, save, safeguard, wrap, cover for, defend, cushion, secure, guard, hedge, keep, take care of, care for, look after, sustain, keep intact, prolong, perpetuate, conserves, preserves, jam, jelly, spread, marmalade, confiture

Conserve as a Noun

Definitions of "Conserve" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “conserve” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A preparation made by preserving fruit with sugar; jam or marmalade.
• Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar.

Synonyms of "Conserve" as a noun (8 Words)

confiture	Preserved or candied fruit. Raspberry confiture.
conserves	Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar.
jam	A hold obtained by jamming a part of the body such as a hand or foot into a crack in the rock. I m in a jam.
jelly	Jelly shoes. Roast pheasant with redcurrant jelly.
marmalade	A preserve made from citrus fruit, especially bitter oranges.
preserve	A foodstuff made with fruit preserved in sugar such as jam or marmalade. Home made preserves.
preserves	A domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone.
spread	A tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes. They put out quite a spread.

Usage Examples of "Conserve" as a noun

• Pork tenderloin with onion and raisin conserve.
• A delectable cherry conserve.

Conserve as a Verb

Definitions of "Conserve" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “conserve” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction.
• Retain (a particular amino acid, nucleotide, or sequence of these) unchanged in different protein or DNA molecules.
• Protect (something, especially something of environmental or cultural importance) from harm or destruction.
• Preserve with sugar.
• Preserve (fruit) with sugar.
• Keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change.
• Prevent the wasteful overuse of (a resource.
• Use cautiously and frugally.
• Maintain (a quantity such as energy) at a constant overall total.

Synonyms of "Conserve" as a verb (32 Words)

afford protection to	Have the financial means to do something or buy something.
care for	Provide care for.
cover	Cover as if with a shroud. Cover the child with a blanket.
cover for	Maintain a check on; especially by patrolling.
cushion	Soften the effect of an impact on. The bag cushions equipment from inevitable knocks.
defend	Conduct the case for (the party being accused or sued) in a lawsuit. He is a lawyer who specializes in defending political prisoners.
economise	Use cautiously and frugally.
economize	Use cautiously and frugally. I have to economize where I can.
guard	Protect against damage or harm. Guard against becoming too friendly with the staff.
hedge	Enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges. The company hedged its investment position on the futures market.
husband	Use cautiously and frugally. She husbanded their financial resources through difficult times.
keep	Store or keep customarily. Keep count.
keep from harm	Retain rights to.
keep intact	Supply with room and board.
keep safe	Behave as expected during of holidays or rites.
keep up	Continue a certain state, condition, or activity.
look after	Convey by one’s expression.
maintain	Maintain by writing regular records. He has always maintained his innocence.
perpetuate	Cause to continue or prevail. A monument to perpetuate the memory of those killed in the war.
preserve	Prepare (fruit) for long-term storage by boiling it with sugar. All records of the past were zealously preserved.
prolong	Extend the duration of. Prolong the treatment of the patient.
protect	Restrict access to or use of (data or a memory location. Security products are designed to protect information from unauthorized access.
provide protection for	Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain.
safeguard	Make safe. A framework which safeguards employees from exploitation.
save	Save from sins. An efficient dishwasher would save them one year and three months at the sink.
screen	Separate something from something else with or as if with a screen. Anti spam software can screen out large amounts of unwanted email.
secure	Furnish with battens. A loan secured on your home.
shade	Represent the effect of shade or shadow on. Their shares shaded 10p to 334p.
shield	Prevent from being seen. Uranium shutters shield the cobalt radioactive source.
sustain	Be the physical support of; carry the weight of. This thought had sustained him throughout the years.
take care of	Occupy or take on.
wrap	(of a word or unit of text) be carried over automatically as the margin is reached. He wrapped an arm around her waist.

Usage Examples of "Conserve" as a verb

• Conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit.
• The funds raised will help conserve endangered meadowlands.
• Highly conserved regions of the protein.
• Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard.
• The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts.
• Children must be taught to conserve our national heritage.
• The momentum of a system is conserved unless an external force acts on it.
• Energy is conserved in this process.
• The adjacent sequence is conserved over large evolutionary distances.
• Industry should conserve more water.

Associations of "Conserve" (30 Words)

archive	Put into an archive. The entire directory will be archived.
asserting	Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration.
continuance	A postponement or an adjournment. His interests encouraged him to favour the continuance of war.
continuity	The unbroken and consistent existence or operation of something over time. A continuity error.
depository	A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping. Irish libraries became depositories for material from all over the world.
economize	Use cautiously and frugally. I try to economize my spare time.
exhaustible	Capable of being used up. Our exhaustible reserves of fossil fuel.
expendable	Of relatively little significance, and therefore able to be abandoned or destroyed. Unmanned and expendable launch vehicles.
extinction	A conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus. The extinction of the great auk.
finite	Limited in size or extent. Every computer has a finite amount of memory.
irreducible	Incapable of being made smaller or simpler. Literature is often irreducible to normative ideas.
keep	Look after be the keeper of have charge of. He keeps going on about the murder.
library	A collection of books and periodicals held in a library. They had brandy in the library.
maintain	Maintain for use and service. An English garrison was maintained there in the seventeenth century.
maintenance	Means of maintenance of a family or group. A chance of going to university with fees and maintenance paid.
museum	A building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited. A museum curator.
preserve	A foodstuff made with fruit preserved in sugar such as jam or marmalade. Preserve the forest and the lakes.
protectionism	The policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition.
punctual	Acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed. Punctual payment.
repository	A place where or receptacle in which things are or may be stored. His mind was a rich repository of the past.
retain	Not abolish or alter; maintain. He has been retained as a freelance.
retention	The act of retaining something. The retention of direct control by central government.
save	Save from ruin destruction or harm. God save the Queen.
savior	A person who rescues you from harm or danger.
stabilization	The process of making something physically more secure or stable. The derelict buildings will require some structural stabilization.
stabilize	Make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium. His condition appears to have stabilized.
storehouse	A building used for storing goods. Storehouses were built close to the docks.
sustain	An effect or facility on a keyboard or electronic instrument whereby a note can be sustained after the key is released. He cannot sustain a normal conversation.
tangency	The state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing.
uphold	Stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals. They uphold a tradition of not causing distress to living creatures.