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 conventional conventional /kənˈvɛnʃənəl/

adjective

  1. () Following accepted customs and proprieties  ( conventional )
    following accepted customs and proprieties
     Conventional wisdom
    conventional wisdom
     She had strayed from the path of conventional behavior
    she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior
     Conventional forms of address
    conventional forms of address
  2. () Conforming with accepted standards  ( established , conventional )
    conforming with accepted standards
     A conventional view of the world
    a conventional view of the world
  3. () Unimaginative and conformist  ( conventional )
    unimaginative and conformist
     Conventional bourgeois lives
    conventional bourgeois lives
     Conventional attitudes
    conventional attitudes
  4. () (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy  ( conventional )
    (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy
     Conventional warfare
    conventional warfare
     Conventional weapons
    conventional weapons
  5. () In accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past  ( conventional )
    in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past
     A conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white
    a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white
     The conventional handshake
    the conventional handshake
  6. () (fine arts) represented in simplified or symbolic form  ( formal , conventional , schematic )
    (fine arts) represented in simplified or symbolic form
  7. Rigidly formal or bound by convention  ( ceremonious , conventional )
    rigidly formal or bound by convention
     Their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt
    their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt