conventional adj

1 following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address" [ant: unconventional, unconventional]

2 conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world" [syn: established]

3 (weapons) using non-nuclear energy for propulsion or destruction; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons" [ant: nuclear]

4 unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes" [ant: unconventional]

5 represented in simplified or symbolic form [syn: formal, schematic]

6 in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past; "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake"

7 rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt" [syn: ceremonious]

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

1. ordinary, commonplace

Antonyms

• unconventional

Derived terms

• conventional wisdom

Related terms

• convention

Translations

The adjective conventional may be used in the sense of

• ordinary, unexceptional, as expected now
• agreed according to a convention (norm)
• conventional weapon, one which does not incorporate chemical, biological or nuclear payloads
• conventionally grown, agricultural products that are grown using synthetic chemicals, unlike organically grown produce

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