TRADITIONAL Synonyms: 125 Similar and Opposite Words

traditional

adjective

trə-ˈdish-nəl

Definition of traditional

as in customary

based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation a traditional Passover meal at his grandparents' house

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as in conservative

tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions a family that is very traditional when it comes to institutions like marriage

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Recent Examples of traditional That was driven by the theoretical potential of AI to displace traditional software, but IBM’s profit warning appeared to confirm that a secular shift is now under way. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 July 2026 Founded by a pair of YouTube veterans, Promise already has been combining tech-y outsiders with traditional entertainment. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026 But despite having their ducks in a row, Nelson and Murray were not received warmly in traditional Hollywood settings. — William Earl, Variety, 15 July 2026 Yams, sweet potatoes and whole grains round out the traditional Blue Zones diet. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for traditional

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Some players were involved in a training camp in Marbella, Spain, the previous week, which has become customary at Arsenal in recent years for players to start building their fitness early.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 22 July 2026
The evidence primarily concerns coffee consumed in customary amounts (8-10 ounces).

— Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of customary

Adjective

El Dorado County paid former Public Health Director Jennifer Byrne $75,000 to resign, plus roughly $59,000 in administrative leave pay, in a settlement stemming from Instagram posts about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

— Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Why This Belongs In The Finance Seat The CFO is the most conservative person in the building, so handing them an emerging technology to drive sounds backward.

— David Zwick, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of conservative

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That stacks up against the 176 conventional seawalls permitted by Fort Lauderdale in the same window where the church applied for one, the church said.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Purchase data confirmed a hypothesis that conventional epidemiology had to generate first, which is useful and which is a different job from finding the vendor.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of conventional

Adjective

Tens of thousands of ultra-orthodox Jews, sometimes called Haredi, have refused conscription into the Israeli militia on religious grounds.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2026
The 28-year-old struggled in Amorim’s 4-3-2-1 system, but Carrick has largely used a more orthodox 4-2-3-1 shape since taking over, making room for Rashford on the left side of the forward line.

— Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of orthodox

Adjective

Nonlocality, whose experimental verification helped earn the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, allows distant quantum systems to produce correlations that cannot be explained by classical physics alone.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
Christopher Nolan‘s box office journey with The Odyssey looks to be one for the books, as Universal Pictures‘ star-studded adaptation of the classical Greek mythological tale gets off to a rousing start in its opening weekend.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026

Definition of classical

Adjective

The 2026 edition of IFFM will present its usual slate of films, conversations and cultural programming spanning Indian cinema’s various languages and regional traditions.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 July 2026
But again, since Christopher Nolan’s films don’t follow the streaming release strategy that most other Universal films do, Peacock subscribers are in for a longer wait than usual before the film makes its SVOD on the platform.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of usual

Adjective

There are historical examples of teams that seemed dead in the water only to catch fire and make the playoffs.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
The interest is less in reproducing historical jewelry — no one is asking clients to dress like Julius Caesar — than in giving contemporary pieces the patina, uniqueness and narrative of objects that appear to have lived another life.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 16 July 2026

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