conventional

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. following accepted customs and proprieties (Freq. 12)
- conventional wisdom
- she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior
- conventional forms of address
• Ant:
unconventional
• Similar to:
received, customary, formulaic, stodgy, stuffy
• See Also:
formal, unoriginal
• Derivationally related forms:
conventionality
• Attrubites:
conventionality, convention, conventionalism
2. conforming with accepted standards (Freq. 2)
- a conventional view of the world
• Syn:
established
• Similar to:
orthodox
• Derivationally related forms:
conventionality
3. (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy (Freq. 1)
- conventional warfare
- conventional weapons
• Ant:
nuclear
4. unimaginative and conformist (Freq. 1)
- conventional bourgeois lives
- conventional attitudes
• Ant:
unconventional
• Similar to:
button-down, buttoned-down, conservative, square, straight,
stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative, white-bread
• Derivationally related forms:
conventionality
5. represented in simplified or symbolic form (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
formal, schematic
• Similar to:
nonrepresentational
• Derivationally related forms:
schematic (for: schematic), scheme (for: schematic), schema (for: schematic)
• Topics:
fine arts, beaux arts
6. in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past (Freq. 1)
- a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white
- the conventional handshake
• Similar to:
traditional
• Derivationally related forms:
conventionality
7. rigidly formal or bound by convention
- their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt
• Syn:
ceremonious
• Similar to:
formal
• Derivationally related forms:
ceremony (for: ceremonious), ceremoniousness (for: ceremonious)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ceremonious, formal, schematic, established
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  unconventional, nuclear, atomic