Antonyms for conventional
kənˈvɛn ʃə nlcon·ven·tion·al

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1. conventionaladjective

   Antonyms:
   out of the ordinary, unconventional, atypical, imaginative

   Synonyms:
   stereotypical, typical

2. conventionaladjective

   Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.

   Antonyms:
   imaginative, out of the ordinary, atypical, unconventional

   Synonyms:
   typical, stereotypical

3. conventionaladjective

   ordinary, commonplace

   Antonyms:
   atypical, unconventional, imaginative, out of the ordinary

   Synonyms:
   stereotypical, typical

4. conventionaladjective

   banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or cliche

   Synonyms:
   typical, stereotypical

   Antonyms:
   out of the ordinary, imaginative, unconventional, atypical

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1. conventional

   Antonyms:
   unusual, unsocial, legal, compulsory, statutable, immutable, natural, invariable

   Synonyms:
   customary, usual, ordinary, stipulated, prevalent, social

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1. conventionaladjective

   following accepted customs and proprieties

   "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"

   Antonyms:
   spacey, offbeat, irregular, spacy, unconventional, bizarre, alternative, outlandish, rakish, kinky, far-out, funky, raffish, go-as-you-please, representational, flakey, eccentric, devil-may-care, unorthodox, off-the-wall, nontraditional, freakish, gonzo, spaced-out, nuclear, outre, freaky, quirky, bohemian, atomic, way-out, flaky, untraditional, maverick, informal, thermonuclear

   Synonyms:
   established, ceremonious, schematic, formal

2. conventional, establishedadjective

   conforming with accepted standards

   "a conventional view of the world"

   Antonyms:
   bizarre, offbeat, flaky, untraditional, kinky, thermonuclear, devil-may-care, spacy, freakish, eccentric, off-the-wall, far-out, unconventional, alternative, unorthodox, outre, quirky, flakey, gonzo, rakish, go-as-you-please, spacey, spaced-out, irregular, nuclear, funky, outlandish, way-out, freaky, informal, atomic, raffish, nontraditional, representational, maverick, bohemian

   Synonyms:
   accomplished, naturalized, schematic, established, formal, effected, ceremonious, constituted

3. conventionaladjective

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

   "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"

   Antonyms:
   unconventional, outre, kinky, go-as-you-please, alternative, freaky, way-out, spaced-out, off-the-wall, funky, flaky, gonzo, quirky, eccentric, freakish, spacy, informal, bizarre, offbeat, far-out, devil-may-care, rakish, flakey, spacey, bohemian, thermonuclear, irregular, untraditional, atomic, nuclear, representational, maverick, unorthodox, outlandish, nontraditional, raffish

   Synonyms:
   established, ceremonious, schematic, formal

4. conventionaladjective

   unimaginative and conformist

   "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"

   Antonyms:
   flakey, devil-may-care, way-out, unconventional, freaky, nontraditional, eccentric, thermonuclear, offbeat, spacy, outre, flaky, informal, far-out, bohemian, kinky, quirky, spacey, off-the-wall, untraditional, gonzo, spaced-out, funky, representational, maverick, unorthodox, outlandish, rakish, raffish, go-as-you-please, irregular, freakish, atomic, nuclear, alternative, bizarre

   Synonyms:
   established, ceremonious, schematic, formal

5. conventional, formal, schematicadjective

   represented in simplified or symbolic form

   Antonyms:
   offbeat, flaky, go-as-you-please, funky, outlandish, devil-may-care, thermonuclear, spacy, kinky, atomic, far-out, off-the-wall, unorthodox, bizarre, quirky, eccentric, freakish, spacey, irregular, freaky, outre, raffish, alternative, nuclear, informal, gonzo, way-out, rakish, flakey, unconventional, nontraditional, spaced-out, maverick, untraditional, representational, bohemian

   Synonyms:
   established, ceremonious, courtly, schematic, formal, stately

6. conventionaladjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   raffish, unconventional, devil-may-care, representational, outre, spacy, off-the-wall, irregular, gonzo, freakish, flakey, bizarre, go-as-you-please, far-out, untraditional, alternative, nontraditional, informal, eccentric, kinky, spacey, flaky, way-out, quirky, funky, spaced-out, outlandish, freaky, bohemian, rakish, thermonuclear, atomic, offbeat, unorthodox, maverick, nuclear

   Synonyms:
   established, ceremonious, schematic, formal

7. ceremonious, conventionaladjective

   rigidly formal or bound by convention

   "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"

   Antonyms:
   funky, spacy, freakish, flaky, eccentric, far-out, spaced-out, offbeat, outlandish, flakey, outre, gonzo, spacey, way-out, unconventional, go-as-you-please, nuclear, freaky, unorthodox, kinky, devil-may-care, off-the-wall, bizarre, raffish, representational, rakish, alternative, untraditional, thermonuclear, irregular, quirky, nontraditional, maverick, bohemian, informal, atomic

   Synonyms:
   established, ceremonious, pompous, schematic, formal

How to use conventional in a sentence?

1. Facebook Inc:

   Our goal with live video is to work with our partners to move to a sustainable monetization model quickly, we are not focused on acquiring the rights to conventional TV programs.

2. Hong Kong:

   If we still act in the same conventional mode as if business is usual and life is normal, then we are not being very responsible.

3. Steve Burns:

   Conventional wisdom says it just can't be done because it hasn't, the end result, contrary to conventional wisdom, is a pickup truck that handles like a sports car.

4. Mandy Moore:

   Seeing the day start to take shape, I don't think it will be super-conventional, but it will speak to our love for one another and our shared life that we already have.

5. Lee Tien:

   The genome isn't just about you -- it contains information about your parents, your siblings, and your own progeny, so from a privacy standpoint, DNA data is a far more sensitive kind of health information than a sports injury, and it challenges our conventional norms of consent because you're effectively making decisions about other people's DNA.

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