conventional
Usual and traditional, done the way things are normally done.
conventional in a sentence
- Instead of a conventional birthday cake, Maya asked for a tower of doughnuts.
- The conventional way to end a letter is to sign your name at the bottom.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to conventional?
- Aoriginal
- Busual
- Cunorthodox
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B: usual. The other three mean the opposite of conventional.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to conventional?
- Atraditional
- Busual
- Cunorthodox
- Dordinary
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C: unorthodox. The other three mean nearly the same as conventional.
Words that mean something similar
usual, traditional, ordinary
Words that mean the opposite
unorthodox, original
More words about behaviour & manners
- cordial: Warm, friendly and polite.
- courteous: Polite and showing good manners.
- covert: Done secretly, so that other people do not notice.
- curb: To control or hold back something so that it does not get out of hand.
- custom: A way of doing something that people have followed for a long time.
- deceit: The act of tricking someone by lying or hiding the truth.
- deceive: To trick someone into believing something that is not true.
- decline: To politely say no to something you have been offered.
More words to explore
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test