conventional

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kənˈvɛnʃənl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #10140

Meanings

1

adj
Following the usual, traditional, and widely accepted way of doing things.

They had a conventional church wedding with the bride in white.
2

adj
Ordinary and not new or unusual; often lacking imagination.

He has rather conventional tastes in music and clothes.
3

adj
Of weapons or warfare, not nuclear.

The two armies fought with conventional weapons.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · following the usual,... traditional established customary

2 adj · ordinary and not new or... ordinary commonplace standard

Word family

Derived forms anticonventionalconventionalisationconventionaliseconventionalismconventionalistconventionalityconventionalizationconventionalize conventionallycounterconventionalnon-conventionalnonconventional

Related forms convention

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Phrases (1)

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conventional arms
non-nuclear weapons such as guns, artillery, and tanks

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From convention + -al.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# conventional

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /kənˈvɛnʃənl̩/
**Frequency rank:** 10140

## Meanings
1. Following the usual, traditional, and widely accepted way of doing things.
2. Ordinary and not new or unusual; often lacking imagination.
3. Of weapons or warfare, not nuclear.

## Examples
- They had a conventional church wedding with the bride in white.
- He has rather conventional tastes in music and clothes.
- The two armies fought with conventional weapons.

## Derived Forms
- anticonventional
- conventionalisation
- conventionalise
- conventionalism
- conventionalist
- conventionality
- conventionalization
- conventionalize
- conventionally
- counterconventional
- non-conventional
- nonconventional

## Related Forms
- convention

## Etymology
From convention + -al.

## AI Etymology
conventional is an adjective. It is from convention + -al. Current senses include following the usual, traditional, and widely accepted way of doing things, ordinary and not new or unusual; often lacking imagination, and of weapons or warfare, not nuclear. Derived forms include anticonventional, conventionalisation, conventionalise, conventionalism, and conventionalist. Related words include convention.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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