adjadj.allfollowing accepted customs and proprietiesAttributes:convention conventionalism conventionality
Examples:- conventional wisdom
- she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior
- conventional forms of address
Antonyms:unconventional
Derivationally Related Form:conventionality
Inherited Hypernyms:conventional
Similar to:customary formulaic received stodgy stuffy
See also:formal unoriginal
adj satadj.allconforming with accepted standardsSynset:established
Examples:- a conventional view of the world
Antonyms:unorthodox
Derivationally Related Form:conventionality
Inherited Hypernyms:conventional
Similar to:orthodox
adjadj.all(weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energyExamples:- conventional warfare
- conventional weapons
Antonyms:nuclear
Inherited Hypernyms:conventional
adjadj.allunimaginative and conformistExamples:- conventional bourgeois lives
- conventional attitudes
Antonyms:unconventional
Derivationally Related Form:conventionality
Inherited Hypernyms:conventional
Similar to:button-down buttoned-down conservative square straight stereotyped stereotypic stereotypical unimaginative white-bread
adj satadj.allrepresented in simplified or symbolic formTopic:beaux artsfine arts
Synset:formal schematic
Antonyms:representational
Derivationally Related Form:schemaschematicscheme
Inherited Hypernyms:conventional
Similar to:nonrepresentational
adj satadj.allin accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the pastExamples:- a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white
- the conventional handshake
Antonyms:nontraditional
Derivationally Related Form:conventionality
Inherited Hypernyms:conventional
Similar to:traditional
adj satadj.allrigidly formal or bound by conventionSynset:ceremonious
Examples:- their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt
Antonyms:informal
Derivationally Related Form:ceremonyceremoniousness
Inherited Hypernyms:ceremonious
Similar to:formal