conventional - Definition | Dictionary definition of conventional

Definition of conventional

following accepted customs and proprieties

"conventional wisdom"

"she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"

"conventional forms of address"

Synonyms:: formal
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); unoriginal
not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; received
widely accepted as true or worthy; customary
in accordance with convention or custom; formulaic
characterized by or in accordance with some formula; stodgy, stuffy
excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull

Antonyms:: unconventional
not conforming to accepted rules or standards; original
being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; bohemian
unconventional in especially appearance and behavior; go-as-you-please
not bound by rule or law or convention; irregular, maverick, unorthodox
independent in behavior or thought; unconventional
not conventional or conformist; alternative
pertaining to unconventional choices; bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre
conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; devil-may-care, raffish, rakish
marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; far-out, kinky, offbeat, quirky, way-out
informal terms; strikingly unconventional; funky
stylish and modern in an unconventional way; spaced-out, spacey, spacy
stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug; show more antonyms...

conforming with accepted standards

"a conventional view of the world"

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

"conventional warfare"

"conventional weapons"

Antonyms:: nuclear
(weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy; atomic; thermonuclear
using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission; show more antonyms...

unimaginative and conformist

"conventional bourgeois lives"

"conventional attitudes"

Synonyms:: button-down, buttoned-down, conservative
unimaginatively conventional; square, straight
rigidly conventional or old-fashioned; stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative
lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; white-bread
of or belonging to or representative of the white middle class

Antonyms:: unconventional
not conventional or conformist; alternative
pertaining to unconventional choices; bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre
conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; devil-may-care, raffish, rakish
marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; far-out, kinky, offbeat, quirky, way-out
informal terms; strikingly unconventional; funky
stylish and modern in an unconventional way; spaced-out, spacey, spacy
stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug; show more antonyms...

represented in simplified or symbolic form

Synonyms:: formal, schematic; nonrepresentational
of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature

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"