conventional
adjectives
following accepted customs and proprieties
"conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"
is similar to
widely accepted as true or worthy
"a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist
is similar to
in accordance with convention or custom
"sealed the deal with the customary handshake"
is similar to
excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
"why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"; "a stodgy dinner party"
see also
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
"pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"
see also
not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual
"the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham
is an attribute of
orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
conforming with accepted standards
"a conventional view of the world"
is derived from
(weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy
"conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"
antonym
unimaginative and conformist
"conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"
is derived from
antonym
is similar to
unimaginatively conventional
"a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
is similar to
lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality
"stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"
is similar to
of or belonging to or representative of the white middle class
"white-bread America"; "a white-bread college student"
in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past
"a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake"
is derived from
is similar to
consisting of or derived from tradition
"traditional history"; "traditional morality"
rigidly formal or bound by convention
"their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
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