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conventional

adjective

following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"
Antonyms: unconventional, unconventional Similar: accepted, received, customary, stodgy, stuffy, formulaic
conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world"
Synonyms: established Similar: orthodox
(weapons) using non-nuclear energy for propulsion or destruction; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"
Antonyms: nuclear, atomic
unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"
Antonyms: unconventional Similar: button-down, buttoned-down, conservative, square, straight, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative, white-bread
represented in simplified or symbolic form
Synonyms: formal, schematic Similar: nonrepresentational
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"
Similar: traditional
rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
Synonyms: ceremonious Similar: formal