Conventional (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
  2. pertaining to convention or general agreement; established by general consent or accepted usage; arbitrarily determined: conventional symbols.
  3. ordinary rather than different or original: conventional phraseology.
  4. not using, making, or involving nuclear weapons or energy; nonnuclear: conventional warfare.
  5. Art.
    • in accordance with an accepted manner, model, or tradition.
    • (of figurative art) represented in a generalized or simplified manner.
  6. of or relating to a convention, agreement, or compact.
  7. resting on consent, express or implied.
  8. of or relating to a convention or assembly.
adjective
  1. following the accepted customs and proprieties, esp in a way that lacks originality
  2. established by accepted usage or general agreement
  3. of or relating to a convention or assembly
  4. based upon the agreement or consent of parties
  5. represented in a simplified or generalized way; conventionalized
  6. (of weapons, warfare, etc) not nuclear
noun
  1. bridge another word for convention (def. 7)
Conventional (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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