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

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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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. conventional

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

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

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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"

   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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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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1. List of paraphrases for "conventional":

   traditional, classical, classic, classics, treaty, treaty-based, mainstream, contractual, ordinary, fever, regular

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1. Lee Busby:

   I would never, ever make it in a conventional campaign, i’ve never been interested or willing to pay the kind of political dues that one has to pay to move up.

2. Paul Kolbe:

   Amidst all the attention on the massive conventional war that's taking place in Ukraine, a cyberwar started before the conventional attack, it would be still taking place now.

3. Sean MacFarland:

   It's about breaching obstacles just like we do in conventional maneuvers.

4. Global Times:

   The exercises are unprecedented as the PLA conventional missiles are expected to fly over the island of Taiwan for the first time, the PLA forces will enter areas within 12 nautical miles of the island and the so-called median line will cease to exist.

5. Ray Mabus:

   It gives us a war fighting edge, energy can be used as a weapon. We need an American home grown source of alternative energy. We need one that is not subject to the wild price swings of conventional fuel, which are set in the world market. We need ones that can’t be used against us.