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conventionaladjective accepted, used, or practiced by most peopleconventional wisdom holds that an incumbent president has an overwhelming advantage over his opponent current, customary, going, popular, prevailing, prevalent, standard, stock, usual average, common, everyday, normal, ordinaryregular, routineepidemic, ubiquitous, universal, widespreadaccustomed, wontedfashionable, in, modish, stylish nonstandard, unconventional, unpopular, unusual abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, uncommon based on customs usually handed down from a previous generationtried to break from the conventional attitudes regarding the proper roles for men and women classical, customary, prescriptive, traditional authentic, established, fixed, historicalcommon, habitual, orthodox, usualancestral, historic, old-time, old-worldaged, age-old, ancient, antediluvian, hoary, old, venerableageless, dateless, immemorial, timeless nontraditional, unconventional, uncustomary, untraditional contemporary, current, modern, modernized, new, new-age, present-day, updated, up-to-datefuturistic, high-tech(also hi-tech), hot, latest, mod, modernistic, newfangled, new-fashioned, red-hot, space-age, state-of-the-art, supermodern, ultramodernnonconformist, nonorthodox, original, progressive, revolutionary, unorthodox, unprecedented, unusual following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rulesconventional courtesy demands that the bridal couple send written thank-you notes for their gifts ceremonial, ceremonious, formal, orthodox, regular, routine authorized, certified, official, sanctionedaccepted, correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemlyformalistic, ritual, ritualisticmethodical(also methodic), orderly, systematic casual, freewheeling, informal, irregular, unceremonious, unconventional, unorthodox unauthorized, unofficialgraceless, improper, inappropriate, incorrect, indecorous, inept, infelicitous, unapt, unbecoming, unfit, unhappy, unseemly, unsuitable ceremonial, ceremonious, formal, conventional mean marked by attention to or adhering strictly to prescribed forms.ceremonial and ceremonious both imply strict attention to what is prescribed by custom or by ritual, but ceremonial applies to things that are associated with ceremoniesa ceremonial offering , ceremonious to persons given to ceremony or to acts attended by ceremony.made his ceremonious entrance formal applies both to things prescribed by and to persons obedient to custom and may suggest stiff, restrained, or old-fashioned behavior.a formal report the headmaster's formal manner conventional implies accord with general custom and usageconventional courtesy and may suggest a stodgy lack of originality or independence.conventional fiction in the 15th century |