Dictionary entries for 'conventional'

Synonyms

con·ven·tion·al (kən-vĕńshə-nəl)

adjective

Based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary: conventional symbols; a conventional form of address.
Conforming to established practice or accepted standards; traditional: a conventional church wedding.
1. Devoted to or bound by conventions to the point of artificiality; ceremonious.
2. Unimaginative; conformist: longed to escape from their conventional, bourgeois lives.
Represented, as in a work of art, in simplified or abstract form.
Law Based on consent or agreement; contractual.
Of, relating to, or resembling an assembly.
Using means other than nuclear weapons or energy: conventional warfare; conventional power plants.