conventional

Meaning

Adj

1. Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
2. Ordinary, commonplace.
3. Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
4. Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.
5. Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
6. In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.

Noun

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.

Opposite of

natural

Synonyms

customary

habitual

usual

formal

common

traditional

ordinary

ceremonial

normal

ceremonious

accustomed

unoriginal

stereotypical

wonted

standard

typical

orthodox

established

academic

classical

schematic

accepted

stereotyped

stereotypic

plain

prim

regular

ritual

routine

square

starched

stiff

stock

straight

trivial

uncreative

unenlivened

unexciting

unimaginative

unlovable

unprepossessing

unsurprising

used to

usually

wont

generally accepted

pre-existing

already there

traditionary

generally accepted/used/adopted

Translations

conventionnel

convencional

convencional

convenzionale

convencional

konventionell

συμβατικός

üblich

habituel

classique

herkömmlich

gebruikelijk

beylik

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈvɛnʃənəl/

Etymology

From convention + -al.

Sentences

The housing stock is almost exclusively owner-occupied houses of conventional British design .