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Conventional

noun
/kənˈvɛnʃənl/
Word Frequency: 28.5

Definitions

1.nounA conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.
2.adjectivePertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
3.adjectiveOrdinary, commonplace.
"They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours."
4.adjectiveBanal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
5.adjectivePertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.
6.adjectiveMaking use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
7.adjectiveIn accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.

Synonyms

stereotypicalcanonicaltypicalformalformulaicstereotypicstereotypedtraditionalcustomaryceremoniousacceptedreceived

Antonyms

organicnaturalimaginativeatypicalout of the ordinaryunconventionalnuclear

Rhymes With

unconventionalintentionalunintentionaldimensional
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