conventional

 
  Grep  of  noun  conventional 
  conventionalisation 
  conventionalism 
  conventionality 
  conventionalization 
 
  Overview  of  adj  conventional 
 
  The  adj  conventional  has  7  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (12)  conventional  --  (following  accepted  customs  and  proprieties;  "conventional  wisdom";  "she  had  strayed  from  the  path  of  conventional  behavior";  "conventional  forms  of  address") 
  2.  (2)  conventional,  established  --  (conforming  with  accepted  standards;  "a  conventional  view  of  the  world") 
  3.  (1)  conventional  --  (weapons  that  are  not  nuclear;  "conventional  warfare";  "conventional  weapons") 
  4.  (1)  conventional  --  (unimaginative  and  conformist;  "conventional  bourgeois  lives";  "conventional  attitudes") 
  5.  (1)  conventional,  formal,  schematic  --  ((fine  arts)  represented  in  simplified  or  symbolic  form) 
  6.  (1)  conventional  --  (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") 
  7.  ceremonious,  conventional  --  (rigidly  formal  or  bound  by  convention;  "their  ceremonious  greetings  did  not  seem  heartfelt") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  conventional 
 
  7  senses  of  conventional 
 
  Sense  1 
  conventional  (vs.  unconventional)  (vs.  unconventional) 
 
  unconventional  (vs.  conventional) 
  =>  bohemian 
  =>  go-as-you-please 
  =>  irregular,  maverick,  unorthodox 
  unconventional  (vs.  conventional)  (vs.  conventional) 
  =>  alternative 
  =>  bizarre,  eccentric,  freakish,  freaky,  flaky,  outlandish,  outre 
  =>  devil-may-care,  raffish,  rakish 
  =>  far-out,  kinky,  offbeat,  quirky,  way-out 
  =>  spaced-out,  spacy,  spacey 
 
  Sense  2 
  conventional,  established 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  orthodox)  ->  unorthodox 
 
  Sense  3 
  conventional  (vs.  nuclear) 
 
  nuclear  (vs.  conventional),  atomic 
  =>  thermonuclear 
 
  Sense  4 
  conventional  (vs.  unconventional) 
 
  unconventional  (vs.  conventional)  (vs.  conventional) 
  =>  alternative 
  =>  bizarre,  eccentric,  freakish,  freaky,  flaky,  outlandish,  outre 
  =>  devil-may-care,  raffish,  rakish 
  =>  far-out,  kinky,  offbeat,  quirky,  way-out 
  =>  spaced-out,  spacy,  spacey 
 
  Sense  5 
  conventional,  formal,  schematic 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  nonrepresentational)  ->  representational 
 
  Sense  6 
  conventional 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  traditional)  ->  nontraditional,  untraditional 
 
  Sense  7 
  ceremonious,  conventional 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  formal)  ->  informal 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  conventional 
 
  7  senses  of  conventional 
 
  Sense  1 
  conventional  (vs.  unconventional)  (vs.  unconventional) 
  =>  accepted,  received 
  =>  customary 
  =>  stodgy,  stuffy 
  =>  formulaic 
  Also  See->  formal#1;  unoriginal#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  conventional,  established 
  =>  orthodox  (vs.  unorthodox) 
 
  Sense  3 
  conventional  (vs.  nuclear) 
 
  Sense  4 
  conventional  (vs.  unconventional) 
  =>  button-down,  buttoned-down,  conservative 
  =>  square,  straight 
  =>  stereotyped,  stereotypic,  stereotypical,  unimaginative 
 
  Sense  5 
  conventional,  formal,  schematic 
  =>  nonrepresentational  (vs.  representational) 
 
  Sense  6 
  conventional 
  =>  traditional  (vs.  nontraditional) 
 
  Sense  7 
  ceremonious,  conventional 
  =>  formal  (vs.  informal) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  conventional 
 
  1  of  7  senses  of  conventional 
 
  Sense  1 
  conventional  (vs.  unconventional)  (vs.  unconventional) 
  =>  conventionality,  convention,  conventionalism 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  conventional 
 
  conventional  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  7) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  conventional 
  conventional 
  conventionalised 
  conventionalized 
  unconventional 
 
  Overview  of  adj  conventional 
 
  The  adj  conventional  has  7  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (12)  conventional  --  (following  accepted  customs  and  proprieties;  "conventional  wisdom";  "she  had  strayed  from  the  path  of  conventional  behavior";  "conventional  forms  of  address") 
  2.  (2)  conventional,  established  --  (conforming  with  accepted  standards;  "a  conventional  view  of  the  world") 
  3.  (1)  conventional  --  (weapons  that  are  not  nuclear;  "conventional  warfare";  "conventional  weapons") 
  4.  (1)  conventional  --  (unimaginative  and  conformist;  "conventional  bourgeois  lives";  "conventional  attitudes") 
  5.  (1)  conventional,  formal,  schematic  --  ((fine  arts)  represented  in  simplified  or  symbolic  form) 
  6.  (1)  conventional  --  (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") 
  7.  ceremonious,  conventional  --  (rigidly  formal  or  bound  by  convention;  "their  ceremonious  greetings  did  not  seem  heartfelt") 

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