conventional

[ kuhn-ven-shuh-nl ]

/ kənˈvɛn ʃə nl /

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adjective

conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.

pertaining to convention or general agreement; established by general consent or accepted usage; arbitrarily determined: conventional symbols.

ordinary rather than different or original: conventional phraseology.

not using, making, or involving nuclear weapons or energy; nonnuclear: conventional warfare.

Art.

in accordance with an accepted manner, model, or tradition.
(of figurative art) represented in a generalized or simplified manner.

of or relating to a convention, agreement, or compact.

Law. resting on consent, express or implied.

of or relating to a convention or assembly.

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Origin of conventional

From the Late Latin word conventiōnālis, dating back to 1575–85. See convention, -al¹

SYNONYMS FOR conventional

2 usual, habitual, customary.

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1. See formal¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM conventional

con·ven·tion·al·ist, nouncon·ven·tion·al·ly, adverban·ti·con·ven·tion·al, adjectivean·ti·con·ven·tion·al·ly, adverb

an·ti·con·ven·tion·al·ist, noun, adjectivenon·con·ven·tion·al, adjectivenon·con·ven·tion·al·ly, adverbqua·si-con·ven·tion·al, adjectivequa·si-con·ven·tion·al·ly, adverbsem·i·con·ven·tion·al, adjectivesem·i·con·ven·tion·al·ly, adverb

Words nearby conventional

conveniency, convenient, convent, conventicle, convention, conventional, conventionalism, conventionality, conventionalize, conventional sign, conventional thoracoplasty

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Many Jewish women have been accepted as conventional, mainstream hot.
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The end of conventional childbirth might only be a matter of time.
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They double down on the plot device of a lone visionary opposed by conventional hierarchies.
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Conventional wisdom holds that most excessive drinkers are alcohol dependent.
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In no insignificant number of cases the vote is a cover by which revolutionary demands can be given a conventional front.
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No conventional and hideous hat or bonnet disfigures the neat outline of their heads.
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His restless eyes held hers, but his greeting was conventional.
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The conventional idea has been that in the field the only alternatives were fighting and taking it easy.
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The conventional type of manual training—one period per week in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades—was not holding the pupils.
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British Dictionary definitions for conventional

conventional

/ (kənˈvɛnʃənəl) /

adjective

following the accepted customs and proprieties, esp in a way that lacks originalityconventional habits

established by accepted usage or general agreement

of or relating to a convention or assembly

law based upon the agreement or consent of parties

arts represented in a simplified or generalized way; conventionalized

(of weapons, warfare, etc) not nuclear

noun

bridge another word for convention (def. 7)

Derived forms of conventional

conventionally, adverb

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