conventional: meaning and words from its letters
12 letters · 17 letter points · starts with C · ends with L
Meaning of conventional
adj
Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
Ordinary, commonplace.
Example: 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.
Source: Wiktionary — conventional.
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.
Listed forms: conventionals.
Source: Wiktionary — conventional.
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Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for conventional.
adjective
conforming with accepted standards
adjective
represented in simplified or symbolic form
adjective
rigidly formal or bound by convention
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of conventional
C(3) + O(1) + N(1) + V(4) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) + A(1) + L(1) = 17 points.
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Anagrams of conventional
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from conventional
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