Synonyms for conventional
kənˈvɛn ʃə nlcon·ven·tion·al

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1. conventionaladjective

   Synonyms:
   stereotypical, typical

   Antonyms:
   out of the ordinary, unconventional, atypical, imaginative

2. conventionaladjective

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

   Synonyms:
   typical, stereotypical

   Antonyms:
   imaginative, out of the ordinary, atypical, unconventional

3. conventionaladjective

   ordinary, commonplace

   Synonyms:
   stereotypical, typical

   Antonyms:
   atypical, unconventional, imaginative, out of the ordinary

4. conventionaladjective

   banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or cliche

   Synonyms:
   typical, stereotypical

   Antonyms:
   out of the ordinary, imaginative, unconventional, atypical

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1. conventional

   Synonyms:
   customary, usual, ordinary, stipulated, prevalent, social

   Antonyms:
   unusual, unsocial, legal, compulsory, statutable, immutable, natural, invariable

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1. conventionaladjective

   following accepted customs and proprieties

   "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"

   Synonyms:
   established, ceremonious, schematic, formal

   Antonyms:
   spacey, offbeat, irregular, spacy, unconventional, bizarre, alternative, outlandish, rakish, kinky, far-out, funky, raffish, go-as-you-please, representational, flakey, eccentric, devil-may-care, unorthodox, off-the-wall, nontraditional, freakish, gonzo, spaced-out, nuclear, outre, freaky, quirky, bohemian, atomic, way-out, flaky, untraditional, maverick, informal, thermonuclear

2. conventional, establishedadjective

   conforming with accepted standards

   "a conventional view of the world"

   Synonyms:
   accomplished, naturalized, schematic, established, formal, effected, ceremonious, constituted

   Antonyms:
   bizarre, offbeat, flaky, untraditional, kinky, thermonuclear, devil-may-care, spacy, freakish, eccentric, off-the-wall, far-out, unconventional, alternative, unorthodox, outre, quirky, flakey, gonzo, rakish, go-as-you-please, spacey, spaced-out, irregular, nuclear, funky, outlandish, way-out, freaky, informal, atomic, raffish, nontraditional, representational, maverick, bohemian

3. conventionaladjective

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

   "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"

   Synonyms:
   established, ceremonious, schematic, formal

   Antonyms:
   unconventional, outre, kinky, go-as-you-please, alternative, freaky, way-out, spaced-out, off-the-wall, funky, flaky, gonzo, quirky, eccentric, freakish, spacy, informal, bizarre, offbeat, far-out, devil-may-care, rakish, flakey, spacey, bohemian, thermonuclear, irregular, untraditional, atomic, nuclear, representational, maverick, unorthodox, outlandish, nontraditional, raffish

4. conventionaladjective

   unimaginative and conformist

   "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"

   Synonyms:
   established, ceremonious, schematic, formal

   Antonyms:
   flakey, devil-may-care, way-out, unconventional, freaky, nontraditional, eccentric, thermonuclear, offbeat, spacy, outre, flaky, informal, far-out, bohemian, kinky, quirky, spacey, off-the-wall, untraditional, gonzo, spaced-out, funky, representational, maverick, unorthodox, outlandish, rakish, raffish, go-as-you-please, irregular, freakish, atomic, nuclear, alternative, bizarre

5. conventional, formal, schematicadjective

   represented in simplified or symbolic form

   Synonyms:
   established, ceremonious, courtly, schematic, formal, stately

   Antonyms:
   offbeat, flaky, go-as-you-please, funky, outlandish, devil-may-care, thermonuclear, spacy, kinky, atomic, far-out, off-the-wall, unorthodox, bizarre, quirky, eccentric, freakish, spacey, irregular, freaky, outre, raffish, alternative, nuclear, informal, gonzo, way-out, rakish, flakey, unconventional, nontraditional, spaced-out, maverick, untraditional, representational, bohemian

6. conventionaladjective

   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:
   established, ceremonious, schematic, formal

   Antonyms:
   raffish, unconventional, devil-may-care, representational, outre, spacy, off-the-wall, irregular, gonzo, freakish, flakey, bizarre, go-as-you-please, far-out, untraditional, alternative, nontraditional, informal, eccentric, kinky, spacey, flaky, way-out, quirky, funky, spaced-out, outlandish, freaky, bohemian, rakish, thermonuclear, atomic, offbeat, unorthodox, maverick, nuclear

7. ceremonious, conventionaladjective

   rigidly formal or bound by convention

   "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"

   Synonyms:
   established, ceremonious, pompous, schematic, formal

   Antonyms:
   funky, spacy, freakish, flaky, eccentric, far-out, spaced-out, offbeat, outlandish, flakey, outre, gonzo, spacey, way-out, unconventional, go-as-you-please, nuclear, freaky, unorthodox, kinky, devil-may-care, off-the-wall, bizarre, raffish, representational, rakish, alternative, untraditional, thermonuclear, irregular, quirky, nontraditional, maverick, bohemian, informal, atomic

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1. conventionaladjective

   Synonyms:
   stipulated, agreed on, bargained for

2. conventionaladjective

   Synonyms:
   usual, customary, common, habitual, wonted, accustomed, ordinary, regular, every-day

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1. List of paraphrases for "conventional":

   traditional, classical, classic, classics, treaty, treaty-based, mainstream, contractual, ordinary, fever, regular

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1. Peace Boat:

   Ecoship was a dream for me, using a conventional ship was frustrating for us, even though we tried our best to reduce the emissions.

2. Suzanne Schwartz:

   The ability to decontaminate was purely a last resort, an extreme measure, from the FDA’s perspective, there is a need for us to move back towards contingency and conventional strategies, which is, you use the respirator for the interaction, and then you dispose of it and get a new one. We are in unison, in sync, with both NIOSH and OSHA in that position.

3. Charles Dickens:

   I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honestly out of countenance any day of the week, if there is anything to get got by it.

4. State Department spokesman Mark Toner:

   U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231 prohibits the sale to Iran of specified categories of conventional arms ... without approval in advance on a case-by-case basis by the UN Security Council.

5. Robert Haddick:

   The U.S. and allied focus on long-range land-attack and anti-ship cruise missiles was the quickest way to rebuild long-range conventional firepower in the Western Pacific region.