traditional

Plural: traditionals

Adjective

• consisting of or derived from tradition
  • "traditional history"
  • "traditional morality"

Adjective Satellite

• pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines
  • "the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanished"

Adj

• Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.
• Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only.
• Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
• In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
• Relating to traditional Chinese.

Noun

• A person with traditional beliefs.
• Anything that is traditional, conventional, standard.
• Ellipsis of traditional Chinese.
• Ellipsis of traditional art (“art produced with real physical media”).
• Ellipsis of traditional grip.

Examples

• I think her traditional values are antiquated.
• The traditional form of the character has twice as many strokes as the simplified form.
• This dance is one of the traditional customs in the area.
• traditional expositions of the Scriptures

Synonyms

time-honored, traditionary

Antonyms

nontraditional, non-traditional, untraditional

Related Words

catholic, conservative, epic, folk, historical, legendary, oral tradition, ordinary, original, puritanical, regular, saga, standard, stereotypical, tradition, typical, usual

Anagrams of traditional