| Adj. | 1. | conventional - following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education" unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham unconventional - not conforming to accepted rules or standards; "her unconventional dress and hair style" unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" | |
| 2. | conventional - conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world"orthodox - adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world" | |
| 3. | conventional - (weapons) using non-nuclear energy for propulsion or destruction; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"nuclear, atomic - (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy; "nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic bombs" | |
| 4. | conventional - unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" | |
| 5. | conventional - represented in simplified or symbolic form | |
| 6. | 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"traditional - consisting of or derived from tradition; "traditional history"; "traditional morality" | |
| 7. | conventional - rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education" | |