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