Definition for Traditional:

• Delivered orally from father to son; transmitted from age to age without writing.

Synonyms for Traditional:

• adj.

  •accepted (adjective)
  • sanctioned,
  • standard,
  • approved,
  • orthodox,
  • Condoned,
  • accepted,
  • prevalent.
  •average (adjective)
  • mean.
  •by word of mouth (adjective)
  • spoken.
  •conforming (adjective)
  • consist,
  • Adhering,
  • conforming,
  • formal,
  • congruous,
  • Aping,
  • Acquiescing,
  • complying,
  • submissive,
  • obedient,
  • correct,
  • proper,
  • mannerly.
  •habitual (adjective)
  • habitual,
  • recurrent.
  •mythologic (adjective)
  • mythologic.
  •old (adjective)
  • olden.
  •orthodox (adjective)
  • dogmatic,
  • religious,
  • ideological,
  • believing,
  • faithful.
  •reactionary (adjective)
  • standpat,
  • mossbacked.
  •regular (adjective)
  • frequent,
  • metronomic,
  • routine,
  • general,
  • prevailing,
  • commonplace,
  • rhythmic,
  • universal,
  • common,
  • Predominating,
  • monotonous,
  • canonical,
  • Familiar,
  • cyclical,
  • constant,
  • periodic,
  • average,
  • steady,
  • epochal,
  • chronic,
  • continual,
  • everyday,
  • mundane.
  •usual, established (adjective)
  • prescribed,
  • transmitted,
  • widely used,
  • doctrinal,
  • folk,
  • taken for granted,
  • oral,
  • long-established,
  • historic.

• n.

  •
  • inherited,
  • essential,
  • proverbial,
  • fabulous,
  • ancestral,
  • Told,
  • classic,
  • mythical.
  •
  • antiquity,
  • acceptable,
  • ancestor,
  • fixed,
  • aged,
  • widespread,
  • aging,
  • antique,
  • acknowledged,
  • age-old,
  • disciplinary,
  • antiquated,
  • antediluvian,
  • ancient,
  • ageing,
  • rooted.
  •
  • square.
  •traditional (noun)
  • time-honoured.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • typical,
  • archetypal,
  • normally,
  • wonted,
  • historically,
  • old fashioned,
  • mainline,
  • stereotypical,
  • characteristic,
  • classical,
  • usual,
  • prototypical,
  • peculiar,
  • paradigmatic,
  • like,
  • Establishmentarian.
  •
  • conformist,
  • popular.
  •actual
  • historical.
  •unchangeable
  • hidebound.

Paraphrases for Traditional:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    classical, conventional.
  • Proper noun, singular
    conventional.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    conventional.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    tradition, traditions.
  • Noun, plural
    traditions.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    nontraditional, untraditional.
  • Proper noun, singular
    traditionally.

• Independent

  • Adjective, comparative
    closer.
  • Adjective
    usual, time-honoured, normal, non-conventional, non-industrial, typical, long-standing, long-established, old-fashioned, unconventional, formal, standard, mainstream, ancient, ordinary, nostalgic, well-established, age-old, conservative, historic, tribal, orthodox, regular, treaty-based, small-scale, common, routine, incandescent, contractual.
  • Noun, plural
    Standards, heritages, practices, holders, Legacies, implications, approaches, incumbents, networks, mechanisms, Forms, models, producers, Properties, types, weapons.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    mainstream.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    according, increasing, developing, facing, meeting.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    means.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    artisanal, historical, longstanding, habitual, cultural.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    tradition.

Antonyms for Traditional:

• adj.

  • all
    nontraditional.
  • usual, established
    modern, rare, infrequent, unusual, irregular, fresh, extraordinary, untraditional, different, uncommon, unfixed, new, unestablished, abnormal.
  • Other antonyms:
    progressive, hot, updated, modernistic, new age, nonorthodox, lefty, nonconventional, state of the art, new-fashioned, unorthodox, liberal, nonconformist, ultramodern, futuristic, newfangled, open-minded, modernized, contemporary, present-day, latest, uncustomary, unprecedented, high-tech, up-to-date, red hot, modern, space age, extremist, broad-minded, unusual, advanced, radical, large-minded, mod, current.