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conventional

/ conventional /
adjective/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

adjective Sense 1
following accepted customs and proprieties
"conventional wisdom"
"she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"
"conventional forms of address"
Similar:
accepted received customary stodgy stuffy formulaic
Opposites:
unconventional
See also:
formal unoriginal
adjective Sense 2
unimaginative and conformist
"conventional bourgeois lives"
"conventional attitudes"
Similar:
button-down buttoned-down conservative square straight stereotyped stereotypic stereotypical
Opposites:
unconventional
adjective Sense 3
(weapons) using non-nuclear energy for propulsion or destruction
"conventional warfare"
"conventional weapons"
Opposites:
nuclear atomic
adjective satellite Sense 4
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"
Similar:
traditional
adjective satellite Sense 5
conforming with accepted standards
"a conventional view of the world"
Similar:
orthodox
adjective satellite Sense 6
represented in simplified or symbolic form
Similar:
nonrepresentational
Domain:
fine arts beaux arts
adjective satellite Sense 7
rigidly formal or bound by convention
"their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
Similar:
formal
Semantic Complexity
70%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
18
Total Relationships
24
Times Searched
1
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accepted received customary stodgy stuffy formulaic unconventional button-down buttoned-down conservative square straight