| a. | 1. | Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. |
| 2. | Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal. | |
| 3. | (Fine Arts) Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules. |
| Adj. | 1. | conventional - following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address" Antonyms: unconventional - not conforming to accepted rules or standards; "her unconventional dress and hair style" unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" |
| 2. | conventional - conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world" Synonyms: established | |
| 3. | conventional - (weapons) using non-nuclear energy for propulsion or destruction; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons" | |
| 4. | conventional - unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes" Antonyms: unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" | |
| 5. | conventional - represented in simplified or symbolic form | |
| 6. | conventional - in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past; "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake" | |
| 7. | conventional - rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt" Synonyms: ceremonious |
HEIR, CONVENTIONAL, civil law. A conventional heir is one who takes a succession by virtue of a contract; for example, a marriage contract, which entitles the heir to the succession.
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