conventional
adjective
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
following accepted customs and proprieties
conventional wisdom
Related & opposite
- formal also see
- unoriginal also see
- unconventional antonym
- unconventional antonym
- conventionalism attribute
- conventionality derivation
- received similar to
- customary similar to
- formulaic similar to
- stuffy similar to
Sense 2 adjective
conforming with accepted standards
a conventional view of the world
Related & opposite
- conventionalism derivation
- orthodox similar to
Sense 3 adjective
(weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy
conventional warfare
Related & opposite
- nuclear antonym
Sense 4 adjective
unimaginative and conformist
conventional bourgeois lives
Related & opposite
- unconventional antonym
- conventionality derivation
- button-down similar to
- square similar to
- stereotyped similar to
- white-bread similar to
Sense 5 adjective
represented in simplified or symbolic form
Related & opposite
- schematic derivation
- schema derivation
- schema derivation
- fine arts domain topic
- nonrepresentational similar to
Sense 6 adjective
in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past
a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white
Related & opposite
- conventionality derivation
- traditional similar to
Sense 7 adjective
rigidly formal or bound by convention
their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt
Related & opposite
- ceremony derivation
- ceremony derivation
- ceremoniousness derivation
- formal similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | formal |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | unoriginal |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unconventional |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unconventional |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | conventionalism |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conventionality |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | received |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | customary |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | formulaic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | stuffy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conventionalism |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | orthodox |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | nuclear |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | unconventional |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | conventionality |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | button-down |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | square |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | stereotyped |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | white-bread |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | schematic |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | schema |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | schema |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | fine arts |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonrepresentational |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | conventionality |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | traditional |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | ceremony |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | ceremony |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | ceremoniousness |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | formal |