Definition for Conventional:

• Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules.

Synonyms for Conventional:

• adj.

  •accepted (adjective)
  • approved,
  • prevalent,
  • established,
  • accepted,
  • Condoned,
  • sanctioned,
  • orthodox,
  • customary,
  • traditional,
  • standard.
  •all (adjective)
  • established.
  •average (adjective)
  • predominant,
  • median,
  • halfway,
  • ordinary,
  • usual,
  • run-of-the-mill,
  • moderate,
  • stereotype,
  • commonplace,
  • middling,
  • customary,
  • average,
  • mediocre,
  • mean,
  • mid,
  • mezzo,
  • common,
  • normal,
  • dominant,
  • medium,
  • stock,
  • middle-of-the-road,
  • standard,
  • midmost,
  • everyday.
  •cautious (adjective)
  • uptight.
  •common, normal (adjective)
  • decorous,
  • routine,
  • current,
  • prevalent,
  • traditional,
  • ordinary,
  • proper,
  • prevailing,
  • customary,
  • plain,
  • wonted,
  • tralatitious,
  • straight,
  • everyday,
  • square,
  • accepted,
  • usual,
  • typical,
  • regular,
  • orthodox,
  • predominant,
  • fashionable,
  • button-down,
  • stereotyped,
  • ritual,
  • general,
  • accustomed,
  • correct,
  • commonplace,
  • in established usage,
  • well-known,
  • standard,
  • popular,
  • habitual,
  • formal,
  • expected.
  •conforming (adjective)
  • congruous,
  • conforming,
  • proper,
  • correct,
  • Adhering,
  • Aping,
  • formal,
  • Acquiescing,
  • traditional,
  • submissive,
  • complying,
  • mannerly,
  • conformist,
  • regular,
  • customary,
  • consist,
  • obedient.
  •fashionable (adjective)
  • dashing,
  • showy,
  • ritzy,
  • swank,
  • dapper,
  • vogue,
  • chichi,
  • slick,
  • rakish,
  • up-to-date,
  • Tony,
  • chic,
  • fashionable,
  • refined,
  • natty,
  • coordinated,
  • stylish,
  • fancy,
  • smart,
  • decorous,
  • modal,
  • snappy.
  •habitual (adjective)
  • Acclimated,
  • common,
  • habitual,
  • accustomed,
  • Familiar,
  • conditioned,
  • timeworn,
  • routine,
  • recurrent,
  • regular,
  • disciplined,
  • custom,
  • well-worn.
  •hackneyed (adjective)
  • timeworn,
  • well-worn.
  •mediocre (adjective)
  • no great shakes.
  •narrow-minded (adjective)
  • opinionated.
  •orderly (adjective)
  • in order.
  •orthodox (adjective)
  • in line,
  • buttoned-down,
  • doctrinal.
  •proper (adjective)
  • kosher.
  •received (adjective)
  • received.
  •regular (adjective)
  • cyclical,
  • stock,
  • traditional,
  • mundane,
  • customary,
  • normal,
  • prevailing,
  • chronic,
  • rhythmic,
  • ordinary,
  • commonplace,
  • canonical,
  • Predominating,
  • general,
  • average,
  • regular,
  • monotonous,
  • accustomed,
  • epochal,
  • everyday,
  • routine,
  • orthodox,
  • common,
  • Familiar,
  • universal,
  • frequent,
  • recurrent,
  • standard,
  • metronomic,
  • steady,
  • continual,
  • constant,
  • usual,
  • habitual,
  • periodic.
  •right-wing (adjective)
  • ultra-conservative.
  •stuffy (adjective)
  • self-important.
  •unexceptional (adjective)
  • unexceptional.
  •unoriginal (adjective)
  • drippy,
  • humdrum,
  • illiberal,
  • solemn,
  • parochial,
  • narrow,
  • conservative,
  • moderate,
  • in rut,
  • conforming,
  • prosaic,
  • rube,
  • bigoted,
  • run-of-the-mill,
  • rigid,
  • predictable,
  • obstinate,
  • hidebound,
  • moral,
  • isolationist,
  • doctrinal,
  • inflexible,
  • bourgeois,
  • narrow-minded,
  • not heretical,
  • sober,
  • puritanical,
  • lame,
  • stuffy,
  • hackneyed,
  • uptight,
  • insular,
  • pedestrian,
  • literal,
  • dogmatic,
  • strict,
  • straight-laced,
  • demure.
  •uptight (adjective)
  • old fashioned.
  •vulgar (adjective)
  • plebeian.
  •wonted (adjective)
  • expected.

• n.

  •
  • characteristic,
  • plain,
  • current,
  • archetypal,
  • wonted,
  • popular,
  • expected,
  • classic,
  • well-known,
  • typical.
  •
  • fitting,
  • set,
  • rigid,
  • ritual,
  • decent,
  • precise,
  • right,
  • fixed,
  • stiff,
  • seemly,
  • unremarkable,
  • conformable,
  • orderly,
  • unexceptional,
  • ceremonial.
  •
  • illiberal,
  • polite,
  • parochial,
  • unoriginal,
  • hidebound,
  • anti-tank,
  • conformist,
  • prejudiced,
  • narrow-minded,
  • anti-personnel,
  • nonnuclear,
  • bigoted,
  • literal,
  • obstinate,
  • narrow,
  • dogmatic,
  • strict,
  • insular,
  • puritanical,
  • inflexible,
  • long-range,
  • scriptural.
  •
  • recognized.
  •
  • Establishmentarian.
  •
  • punctilious.
  •conventional (noun)
  • conservative,
  • ceremonious,
  • unimaginative,
  • button-down,
  • schematic,
  • straight,
  • accepted,
  • stereotypic,
  • traditional,
  • established,
  • orthodox,
  • formulaic,
  • square,
  • stuffy,
  • stereotypical,
  • nonrepresentational,
  • buttoned-down,
  • received,
  • stodgy,
  • stereotyped,
  • customary.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • decent,
  • unexploded,
  • Establishmentarian,
  • anti-personnel,
  • ceremonial,
  • nonnuclear,
  • official,
  • anti-tank.
  •
  • genteel,
  • strategic,
  • narrow,
  • grammatical,
  • popular,
  • recognized,
  • long-range.
  •
  • tactical,
  • courtly,
  • punctilious.
  •
  • dull.
  •bigoted
  • narrow-minded.
  •ceremonial
  • liturgical.
  •characteristic
  • typical.
  •formal
  • ritualistic.
  •middle class
  • bourgeois.
  •narrow-minded
  • parochial.
  •old fashioned
  • square.
  •ordinary
  • plain,
  • undistinguished.
  •overnice
  • prudish.
  •trite
  • ready-made.
  •uninteresting
  • tame.
  •usual
  • wonted.
  •wonted
  • expected.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dogmatic,
  • age-old,
  • passable,
  • de rigeur,
  • nonnuclear,
  • sound,
  • faithful,
  • right-wing,
  • dress,
  • insular,
  • de rigueur,
  • threadbare,
  • ready-made,
  • christian,
  • programmed,
  • trite,
  • cautious,
  • drippy,
  • worshipful,
  • mythological,
  • folk,
  • predetermined,
  • hoary,
  • plain,
  • seemly,
  • firm,
  • normative,
  • habit,
  • isolationist,
  • of course,
  • contractual,
  • evangelical,
  • in fashion,
  • in line,
  • semiabstract,
  • hieratic,
  • peasant,
  • jog,
  • definite,
  • polite,
  • suburban,
  • proverbial,
  • ultraconservative,
  • capitalistic,
  • inveterate,
  • designated,
  • textual,
  • classical,
  • scheduled,
  • settled,
  • observation,
  • long-range,
  • local,
  • partial,
  • characteristic,
  • in order,
  • methodical,
  • unpretentious,
  • unbending,
  • vernacular,
  • determined,
  • temperate,
  • stately,
  • naive,
  • Starched,
  • staid,
  • venerable,
  • tried and true,
  • prudent,
  • public,
  • literal-minded,
  • literal,
  • fundamentalist,
  • not heretical,
  • fitting,
  • rigid,
  • in accord,
  • true-blue,
  • provincial,
  • legendary,
  • acknowledged,
  • formally,
  • time-worn,
  • responsible,
  • arranged,
  • to be expected,
  • sedate,
  • trot,
  • limited,
  • Liturgic,
  • authentic,
  • opinionated,
  • popular,
  • tralatitious,
  • rooted,
  • conservative,
  • ceremonial,
  • button-down,
  • unchangeable,
  • time-honored,
  • banal,
  • stiff,
  • traditionalist,
  • hackneyed,
  • stiff-necked,
  • gentlemanly,
  • plastic,
  • narrow,
  • favorite,
  • grammatical,
  • conservatively,
  • recognized,
  • plebeian,
  • materialistic,
  • restricted,
  • unchanging,
  • careful,
  • accordant,
  • authoritative,
  • rightist,
  • puritanical,
  • narrow-minded,
  • uninspired,
  • pedestrian,
  • middle class,
  • customarily,
  • garden,
  • perfunctory,
  • old fashioned,
  • intolerant,
  • moral,
  • wonted,
  • reliable,
  • unnoteworthy,
  • concordant,
  • literary,
  • healthy,
  • legend,
  • manner,
  • conscientious,
  • tradition,
  • practice,
  • stereotyped,
  • done,
  • straight-laced,
  • inflexible,
  • Accustomary,
  • generally accepted,
  • priggish,
  • step,
  • simple,
  • tactical,
  • oral,
  • anal,
  • Self-restrained,
  • true,
  • strategic,
  • garden-variety,
  • in keeping,
  • prosaic,
  • method,
  • household,
  • same,
  • uncultivated,
  • natural,
  • prearranged,
  • usually,
  • ceremonious,
  • stereotypic,
  • niminy-piminy,
  • usage,
  • square,
  • reactionary,
  • according,
  • expected,
  • staple,
  • Orthodoxical,
  • dignified,
  • long-standing,
  • representative,
  • invariable,
  • Establishmentarian,
  • in rut,
  • in character,
  • precise,
  • gentlemanlike,
  • obstinate,
  • utility,
  • historic,
  • obedience,
  • going,
  • pro forma,
  • widespread,
  • rote,
  • formulaic,
  • homespun,
  • fussy,
  • official,
  • honoured,
  • buttoned-down,
  • current,
  • scrupulous,
  • cramped,
  • nonrepresentational,
  • Conventionalist,
  • fair,
  • classic,
  • decent,
  • naturalized,
  • predictable,
  • stilted,
  • immovable,
  • reserved,
  • starchy,
  • accomplished,
  • consonant,
  • long-established,
  • habitually,
  • petty,
  • unspectacular,
  • ancestral,
  • conformable,
  • intractable,
  • lame,
  • unprogressive,
  • in established usage,
  • close-minded,
  • philistine,
  • set,
  • modest,
  • victorian,
  • convention,
  • well-trodden,
  • unvaried,
  • well-mannered,
  • decided,
  • Stipulated,
  • continued,
  • bourgeois,
  • unromantic,
  • procedural,
  • ritualistic,
  • stereotypical,
  • notice,
  • use,
  • strict,
  • straight,
  • one-sided,
  • observance,
  • propertied,
  • archetypal,
  • tame,
  • strait-laced,
  • no great shakes,
  • self-centred,
  • kosher,
  • agreeable,
  • typical,
  • immemorial,
  • unexceptional,
  • unwritten,
  • consistent,
  • fuddy-duddy,
  • ladylike,
  • rube,
  • defined,
  • confining,
  • presentable,
  • rite,
  • traditionalistic,
  • straitened,
  • sober,
  • commemoration,
  • uncultured,
  • ruly,
  • pedantic,
  • scriptural,
  • unworldly,
  • permanent,
  • anti-tank,
  • well-bred,
  • ritual,
  • nominal,
  • authorized,
  • courteous,
  • unsophisticated,
  • stale,
  • venerated,
  • nice,
  • ceremony,
  • greedy,
  • beaten path,
  • trad,
  • accredited,
  • hidebound,
  • anti-personnel,
  • Obtaining,
  • formalistic,
  • prejudiced,
  • schematic,
  • bigoted,
  • being done,
  • stable,
  • liturgical,
  • short-sighted,
  • right,
  • pettifogging,
  • mainstream,
  • value,
  • illiberal,
  • usefulness,
  • corresponding,
  • continuing,
  • harmonious,
  • undistinguished,
  • automatic,
  • appropriate,
  • hallowed,
  • Mean-spirited,
  • money-hungry,
  • agreed,
  • workaday,
  • used to,
  • conformist,
  • regional,
  • constrained,
  • self-controlled,
  • biased,
  • ultra-conservative,
  • dull,
  • non-objective,
  • prescribed,
  • fulfillment,
  • Comme Il Faut,
  • recognised,
  • uncompromising,
  • compulsive,
  • admitted,
  • consuetudinary,
  • white bread,
  • assigned,
  • sacerdotal,
  • conformant,
  • dressy,
  • in agreement,
  • of long standing,
  • doctrinal,
  • courtly,
  • regulation,
  • service,
  • institution,
  • meet,
  • small-minded,
  • orderly,
  • heroic,
  • red-necked,
  • employment,
  • revered,
  • humdrum,
  • exacting,
  • constituted,
  • demure,
  • unimaginative,
  • civil,
  • unrefined,
  • covenantal,
  • stuffy,
  • in harmony,
  • received,
  • daily,
  • in tune,
  • regularly,
  • money-grubbing,
  • understood,
  • attuned,
  • stodgy,
  • well-known,
  • semiformal,
  • unexploded,
  • pompous,
  • time-honoured,
  • self-important,
  • punctilious,
  • conventionally,
  • standing,
  • solemn,
  • systematic,
  • unoriginal,
  • unvarying,
  • unremarkable,
  • fastidious,
  • disciplined,
  • old school,
  • prim,
  • stubborn,
  • prescriptive,
  • blinkered,
  • isolated,
  • elegant,
  • fixed,
  • respected,
  • prudish,
  • uptight,
  • parochial,
  • old,
  • genteel.

Antonyms for Conventional:

• adj.

  • all
    nuclear, unconventional.
  • common, normal
    extraordinary, unconventional, rare, strange, exotic, new, original, foreign, unique, uncommon, uncustomary, different, irregular, unusual, abnormal.
  • Other antonyms:
    unusual, high-tech, latest, uncustomary, unbecoming, modern, graceless, incorrect, ultramodern, quirky, representational, improper, unhappy, newfangled, space age, state of the art, kinky, red hot, indecorous, casual, thermonuclear, unofficial, unsuitable, current, updated, unpopular, inappropriate, new-fashioned, uncommon, extraordinary, unseemly, nonstandard, abnormal, way out, inept, up-to-date, infelicitous, freewheeling, modernistic, exceptional, contemporary, hot, futuristic, modernized, untraditional, present-day, GONZO, mod, unauthorized, new age, unfit, Unapt.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    abnormal, adventurous, atypical, bohemian, casual, contemporary, current, different, exceptional, exotic, extraordinary, foreign, freewheeling, futuristic, graceless, high-tech, hot, improper, inappropriate, incorrect, indecorous, inept, infelicitous, latest, mod, modern, modernistic, modernized, newfangled, nonstandard, present-day, radical, rare, ultramodern, unauthorized, unbecoming, uncommon, unfit, unhappy, unique, unofficial, unpopular, unseemly, unsuitable, untraditional, unusual, up-to-date, Unapt, uncustomary, GONZO, updated, new-fashioned, supermodern, left-field, red-hot, state-of-the-art, space-age, new-age.