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  1. Established by convention

    accustomed, prevailing, accepted, customary, regular, standard, orthodox, traditional, habitual, wonted, normal, typical, expected, usual, routine, general, everyday, commonplace, ordinary, plain, current, popular, prevalent, predominant, expected, well-known, stereotyped, in established usage; see also sense 2, accepted, common 1, familiar 1, habitual 1, popular 3, traditional 2.

    Antonyms atypical, unusual*, unpopular.

  2. In accordance with convention

    established, sanctioned, correct, confirmed, seemly, decorous, proper, decent, fit, fitting, fixed, standard, set, conforming, conformable, fashionable, formal, ritual, ceremonious, right, precise, ceremonial, not taboo, prearranged, undivergent, undeviating, orderly, arranged, stiff, rigid, stylish, modish, comme il faut (French), according to Hoyle*; see also sense 1, fit 1.

    Antonyms relaxed, unconventional, spontaneous.

  3. Devoted to or bound by convention

    formal, stereotyped, unoriginal, orthodox, narrow, narrow-minded, illiberal, dogmatic, conformist, insular, parochial, strict, rigid, puritanical, inflexible, hidebound, conservative, traditional, doctrinal, conforming, literal, believing, unheterodox, not heretical, canonical, scriptural, literal, bigoted, obstinate, straight-laced, stodgy, stuffy*, straight*, square*, button-down*; see also conservative, polite 1, prejudiced.

    Antonyms liberal*, broad-minded, unconventional.

  4. Formalized; said especially of artistic designs

    conventionalized, stylized, regularized; see regular 3.

See conventional in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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