Traditional
adj, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A person with traditional beliefs. countable, uncountable
- 2 Anything that is traditional, conventional, standard. countable, plural-normally, uncountable
"Singer Paula Elliot closed the evening's performances with a number of gospel, jazz and blues tunes. Elliot concentrated mostly on traditionals like "Motherless Child," "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," "God Bless the Child," and "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues.""
- 3 Ellipsis of traditional Chinese. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
- 4 Ellipsis of traditional art (“art produced with real physical media”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
- 5 Ellipsis of traditional grip. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
- 1 Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.
"This dance is one of the traditional customs in the area."
- 2 Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only.
"traditional expositions of the Scriptures"
- 3 Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
"Ryoteis usually look like traditional Japanese inns or even private homes."
- 4 In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
- 5 Relating to traditional Chinese.
"The traditional form of the character has twice as many strokes as the simplified form."
- 1 consisting of or derived from tradition wordnet
- 2 pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines wordnet
Example
More examples"The Dodgers and Giants, traditional rivals, arrived together."
Etymology
From tradition + -al.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.