| adjective | following accepted customs and proprieties “conventional wisdom” |
| adjective | conforming with accepted standards “a conventional view of the world” |
| adjective | (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy “conventional warfare” |
| adjective | unimaginative and conformist “conventional bourgeois lives” |
| adjective | represented in simplified or symbolic form |
| adjective | in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past “a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white” |
| adjective | rigidly formal or bound by convention “their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt” |
| conventionality | noun | conformity with conventional thought and behavior |
| schematic | noun | diagram of an electrical or mechanical system |
| scheme | noun | a schematic or preliminary plan |
| schema | noun | an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world |
| ceremony | noun | any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way |
| ceremoniousness | noun | a ceremonial manner |