Conventional

Quick meaning: Conventional is an adjective meaning Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.

Meaning

Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.

More Meanings

1. Ordinary, commonplace.
2. Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
3. (weaponry) Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.
4. (agriculture) Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
5. (bridge) In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.
6. (finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.

Example Sentences

They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours.

“You’re not conventional?” Isabel gravely asked. “I like the way you utter that word! No, I’m not conventional: I’m convention itself. You don’t understand that?”

The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.

A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.

Word Forms

• conventionals

Synonyms for conventional

Depending on context, synonyms include canonical, typical, customary, traditional, commensurate, compatible.

Antonyms for conventional

Common opposites include atypical, unconventional, nonconventional, imaginative, nuclear, organic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include formal, formulaic, stereotypical, stereotypic, stereotyped, traditional.

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