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conventional
adjective as in common, normal
Strongest matches
adjective as in unoriginal
Strongest match
Weak matches
- bigoted
- bourgeois
- button-down
- commonplace
- conforming
- conservative
- demure
- doctrinal
- dogmatic
- drippy
- hackneyed
- hidebound
- humdrum
- illiberal
- in rut
- inflexible
- insular
- isolationist
- lame
- literal
- moderate
- moral
- narrow
- narrow-minded
- not extreme
- not heretical
- obstinate
- parochial
- pedestrian
- prosaic
- puritanical
- routine
- rube
- run-of-the-mill
- sober
- solemn
- square
- stereotyped
- straight
- strait-laced
- strict
- stuffy
- uptight
Example Sentences
Landlords preferred more conventional retailers in their malls, relegating dentists to out-of-the-way locations if they would lease space to them at all.
Combine that with more grounded transgressions like infidelity, indoctrination, neglect and stalking, and we are under no false pretenses that these are “good” people in any conventional sense.
More recently he's shifted that blame to elites – a group he's variously defined as Democrats, conventional Republicans, liberals, corporate leaders, globalists and academics.
Theatrical craft was of preeminent importance for Fugard, who was a less conventional dramatist than is often assumed.
The idea of freeing the nipple "isn't just about exposure - it's a movement towards body positivity and challenging conventional fashion norms", she argues.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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