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conventional

/k/@/n'v/E/n/S//@/n/-/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. following accepted customs and proprieties

    adj.all

    Examples
    Conventional wisdom.
    She had strayed from the path of conventional behavior.
    Conventional forms of address.
    Antonyms unconventional

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy

    adj.all

    Examples
    Conventional warfare.
    Conventional weapons.
    Antonyms atomic nuclear

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. unimaginative and conformist

    adj.all

    Examples
    Conventional bourgeois lives.
    Conventional attitudes.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. conforming with accepted standards

    adj.all

    Examples
    A conventional view of the world.
    Synonyms established

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. represented in simplified or symbolic form

    adj.all

    Synonyms formal schematic

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past

    adj.all

    Examples
    A conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white.
    The conventional handshake.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. rigidly formal or bound by convention

    adj.all

    Synonyms ceremonious

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

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