Dictionary Check: conventional

"conventional" is a valid word!

Scrabble 17 points
Words with Friends 23 points

Definition

adjective

following accepted customs and proprieties

Example: "conventional wisdom"
Antonyms:
adjective

conforming with accepted standards

Example: "a conventional view of the world"
Synonyms:
adjective

(weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy

Example: "conventional warfare"
Antonyms:
adjective

unimaginative and conformist

Example: "conventional bourgeois lives"
Antonyms:
adjective

represented in simplified or symbolic form

Synonyms:
adjective

in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past

Example: "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"

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