conventional

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/kənˈvɛnʃənl/ English

Definitions

noun

A 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.

adjective

Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
Ordinary, commonplace.“They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours.”
Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.

Related words

Synonyms

stereotypical canonical typical formal formulaic stereotypic stereotyped traditional customary ceremonious accepted received schematic established straight conservative orthodox square

Antonyms

organic natural imaginative atypical out of the ordinary unconventional nuclear

Associated

undercarriage tricycle monoplane biplane fuselage tractor wisdom gear unconventional rudder layout configuration

Rhymes

unconventional intentional unintentional dimensional

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