Plastics have taken the place of many conventional materials.
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Conventional
//kənˈvɛnʃənl̩//
Synonyms for "conventional" (207 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (62)
consuetudinarycontractualcorrectcorrespondingcourtlycovenantalcurrentde rigueurdecentdecorousestablishedevangelicaleverydayfaithfulfamiliarfastidiousfirmfixedfolkformal
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formalisticformulaicgardengarden varietygarden-varietygenerally acceptedhabitualhackneyedhallowedhanded downharmoniousheroichideboundhieratichoaryhouseholdimmemorialin accordin keepingin linein stepinveteratekosherlegendaryliteralliturgicliturgicallong establishedlong standinglong-establishedlong-standingmeetmiddle-classmoderatemythological
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(5 words)
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naivenarrow-mindednaturalniceno great shakesnonrepresentationalnormalnormativeobtainingof long standingof the faithof the folkold hatold-fashionedoralorderlyordinaryorthodoxicalparochialpedantic
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plasticpompouspopularpostconventionalpreciseprecisianisticpreconventionalpredominatingprescribedprescriptiveprevailingprevalentprimproperpunctiliousreactionaryready-maderecognizedregularregulationreliablereservedresponsiblerightritualritualisticrootedroutinerun-of-minerun-of-the-millsacerdotalscripturalscrupuloussedateseemlysetsimplesobersolemnsoundsquarestandardstandingstaplestatelystepstiltedstockstuffysuburbantemperatetextualtime-honoredtraditionalisttraditionalistictried and truetruetrue bluetrue-bluetypicalunderstoodunexceptionaluniversalunnoteworthyunremarkableunsophisticatedunspectacularunwrittenuptightusualvenerablevernacularwell-manneredwhite breadwidespreadwontedworshipful
Adjective(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Antonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
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derived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
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Translations
53 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عُرْفِيّ adj (following an accepted principle)
Bulgarian
3 entries- обикновен adj (ordinary, commonplace)
- стандартен adj (ordinary, commonplace)
- традиционен adj (ordinary, commonplace)
Catalan
2 entries- convencional adj (following an accepted principle)
- convencional adj (ordinary, commonplace)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 协定的 adj (following an accepted principle)
- 常规的 adj (ordinary, commonplace)
Esperanto
1 entries- konvencia adj (following an accepted principle)
Finnish
3 entries- konventionaalinen adj (following an accepted principle)
- tavanomainen adj (following an accepted principle)
- tavanomainen adj (ordinary, commonplace)
French
2 entries- conventionnel adj (following an accepted principle)
- conventionnel adj (ordinary, commonplace)
Galician
1 entries- convencional adj (following an accepted principle)
German
3 entries- herkömmlich adj (ordinary, commonplace)
- konventionell adj (following an accepted principle)
- konventionell adj (ordinary, commonplace)
Hindi
2 entries- परंपरागत adj (following an accepted principle)
- पारंपरिक adj (following an accepted principle)
Indonesian
2 entries- konvensional adj (following an accepted principle)
- konvensional adj (ordinary, commonplace)
Irish
2 entries- gnásúil adj (following an accepted principle)
- gnásúil adj (ordinary, commonplace)
Italian
1 entries- convenzionale adj (ordinary, commonplace)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مسنون adj (following an accepted principle)
Persian
1 entries- عرفی adj (following an accepted principle)
Polish
4 entries- konwencjonalny adj (following an accepted principle)
- konwencjonalny adj (ordinary, commonplace)
- konwencyjny adj (following an accepted principle)
- konwencyjny adj (ordinary, commonplace)
Portuguese
2 entries- convencional adj (following an accepted principle)
- convencional adj (ordinary, commonplace)
Romanian
2 entries- convențional adj (following an accepted principle)
- convențional adj (ordinary, commonplace)
Romansch
1 entries- convenziunal adj (ordinary, commonplace)
Russian
4 entries- конвенцио́нный adj (following an accepted principle)
- консервати́вный adj (ordinary, commonplace)
- общепри́нятый adj (following an accepted principle)
- общепри́нятый adj (ordinary, commonplace)
Slovene
1 entries- konvencionálen adj (ordinary, commonplace)
Spanish
2 entries- convencional adj (following an accepted principle)
- convencional adj (ordinary, commonplace)
Swedish
1 entries- vedertagen adj (following an accepted principle)
Tagalog
1 entries- kagawianin adj (following an accepted principle)
Ukrainian
2 entries- загальнопри́йнятий adj (following an accepted principle)
- звича́йний adj (ordinary, commonplace)
Vietnamese
2 entries- lẽ thường adj (following an accepted principle)
- tục lệ adj (following an accepted principle)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The new product will not be distributed through conventional channels.
Source: tatoeba (46090)
His invention is superior to conventional equipment.
Source: tatoeba (287326)
They are conventional in their judgement.
Source: tatoeba (305287)
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