conventional
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.
Origin of conventional
1synonym study For conventional
Other words for conventional
Other words from conventional
- con·ven·tion·al·ist, noun
- con·ven·tion·al·ly, adverb
- an·ti·con·ven·tion·al, adjective
- an·ti·con·ven·tion·al·ly, adverb
- an·ti·con·ven·tion·al·ist, noun, adjective
- non·con·ven·tion·al, adjective
- non·con·ven·tion·al·ly, adverb
- qua·si-con·ven·tion·al, adjective
- qua·si-con·ven·tion·al·ly, adverb
- sem·i·con·ven·tion·al, adjective
- sem·i·con·ven·tion·al·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for conventional
/ (kənˈvɛnʃənəl) /
following the accepted customs and proprieties, esp in a way that lacks originality: conventional 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
bridge another word for convention (def. 7)
Derived forms of conventional
- conventionally, adverb
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