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

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Wiktionary2.0 / 1 vote

  1. conventionaladjective

    Synonyms:
    stereotypical, typical

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

  2. conventionaladjective

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

    Synonyms:
    typical, stereotypical

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

  3. conventionaladjective

    ordinary, commonplace

    Synonyms:
    stereotypical, typical

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

  4. conventionaladjective

    banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or cliche

    Synonyms:
    typical, stereotypical

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. conventional

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

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

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. conventionaladjective

    following accepted customs and proprieties

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

    Synonyms:
    established, ceremonious, schematic, formal

    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

  2. conventional, establishedadjective

    conforming with accepted standards

    "a conventional view of the world"

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

    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

  3. conventionaladjective

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

    "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"

    Synonyms:
    established, ceremonious, schematic, formal

    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

  4. conventionaladjective

    unimaginative and conformist

    "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"

    Synonyms:
    established, ceremonious, schematic, formal

    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

  5. conventional, formal, schematicadjective

    represented in simplified or symbolic form

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

    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

  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"

    Synonyms:
    established, ceremonious, schematic, formal

    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

  7. ceremonious, conventionaladjective

    rigidly formal or bound by convention

    "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"

    Synonyms:
    established, ceremonious, pompous, schematic, formal

    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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. conventionaladjective

    Synonyms:
    stipulated, agreed on, bargained for

  2. conventionaladjective

    Synonyms:
    usual, customary, common, habitual, wonted, accustomed, ordinary, regular, every-day

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How to use conventional in a sentence?

  1. Tony Robbins:

    Create a vision and never let the environment, other people's beliefs, or the limits of what has been done in the past shape your decisions. Ignore conventional wisdom.

  2. James Phillips:

    It's important for the American public to understand, and for the folks in politics to understand as well that we are already receiving guidance from the CDC on how to reuse our PPE. That is a deviation from the standard of care. Normally in what we would call conventional care, we would wear a different mask for every single patient, but we're already being asked to use those for multiple patients if not multiple days. That is a significant deviation from the standard. If we had enough equipment, we would wear one mask per patient as it has been recommended for decades.

  3. Van Beurden:

    The North Sea for us will be an area where we will have to take a look, as we have to do with our entire conventional upstream, now that we have a much enlarged portfolio.

  4. Engineer.AI:

    We believe that everyone should be empowered to unlock their true potential in being a Builder, irrespective of what they know, what they have and what they are afraid of. In everything we do, we believe in pushing the boundaries of conventional thinking; to look at every problem differently and from the ground up.”

  5. Robert Jackler:

    There's no doubt in my mind that vaping is safer than conventional smoking.


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