English Explanatory Dictionary

conventional

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/kənˈvɛnʃənl̩/ en-us-conventional.ogg

Word forms

conventional more conventional most conventional conventionals

Etymology

From convention + -al.

Synonyms

canonical typical customary traditional commensurate compatible compliant conformable conformant congruent congruous consistent in line in step proportionate uniform halal homodox kosher orthodox by the book allowed conventional natural official proper routine mundane average medial basic bog-standard common commonplace common-and-garden common-or-garden everyday expected garden variety improminent normal ordinary par for the course plain plain vanilla quotidian regular run-of-the-mill standard standard issue unexceptional unremarkable unstrange usual vulgar wakeaday workaday prosaic stereotypical banal

Antonyms

atypical out of the ordinary unconventional nonconventional imaginative nuclear organic natural

Related words

convention

Derived words

anticonventional conventionalisation conventionalise conventionalism conventionalist conventionality conventionalization conventionalize conventionally conventional memory conventional mortgage loan conventional oven conventional PCI conventional war conventional warfare conventional weapon conventional weaponry conventional wisdom counterconventional non-conventional nonconventional postconventional preconventional
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary