English adjective: conventional | |||
1. | conventional following accepted customs and proprieties | ||
Samples | Conventional wisdom. She had strayed from the path of conventional behavior. Conventional forms of address. | ||
Similar | customary, formulaic, received, stodgy, stuffy | ||
See also | formal, unoriginal | ||
Attribute | convention, conventionalism, conventionality | ||
Antonyms | unconventional, unconventional | ||
2. | conventional conforming with accepted standards | ||
Samples | A conventional view of the world. | ||
Synonyms | established | ||
Similar | orthodox | ||
Antonyms | unorthodox | ||
3. | conventional (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy | ||
Samples | Conventional warfare. Conventional weapons. | ||
Antonyms | nuclear, atomic | ||
4. | conventional unimaginative and conformist | ||
Samples | Conventional bourgeois lives. Conventional attitudes. | ||
Similar | button-down, buttoned-down, conservative, square, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, straight, unimaginative, white-bread | ||
Antonyms | unconventional | ||
5. | conventional represented in simplified or symbolic form | ||
Synonyms | formal, schematic | ||
Similar | nonrepresentational | ||
Domain category | beaux arts, fine arts | ||
Antonyms | representational | ||
6. | conventional in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past | ||
Samples | A conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white. The conventional handshake. | ||
Similar | traditional | ||
Antonyms | nontraditional, untraditional | ||
7. | conventional rigidly formal or bound by convention | ||
Samples | Their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt. | ||
Synonyms | ceremonious | ||
Similar | formal | ||
Antonyms | informal | ||