conventional

/kənˈvɛnʃɪnəl/

/kənˈvɛntʃənəl/

Conventional is an adjective for things that are normal, ordinary, and following the accepted way. Ho-hum.

This word describes what is typical and ordinary and that which follows accepted standards of behavior or taste. This is a word that's current definition is still very similar to its Latin root, conventionalis, which is "pertaining to an agreement." One way this word is used is with respect to conventional weapons, as in those "not using, making, or involving nuclear weapons or energy; nonnuclear."

Definitions of conventional

1. adjective

   following accepted customs and proprieties
   “conventional wisdom”

   “she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior”

   “conventional forms of address”

   synonyms:

   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

   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

   antonyms:

   unconventional

   not conforming to accepted rules or standards

   unconventional

   not conventional or conformist

   bohemian

   unconventional in especially appearance and behavior

   go-as-you-please, transgressive

   not bound by rule or law or convention

   irregular, maverick, unorthodox

   independent in behavior or thought

   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

   original

   being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of
2. adjective

   conforming with accepted standards
   “a conventional view of the world”

   synonyms: established

   mainstream, orthodox

   adhering to what is commonly accepted
3. adjective

   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:

   traditional

   consisting of or derived from tradition
4. adjective

   rigidly formal or bound by convention
   synonyms: ceremonious

   formal

   being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
5. adjective

   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
6. adjective

   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
7. adjective

   (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

   thermonuclear

   using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission