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traditional

tra·di·tion·al
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [truh-dish-uh-nl]
    • /trəˈdɪʃ ə nl/
    • /trəˈdɪʃənl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [truh-dish-uh-nl]
    • /trəˈdɪʃ ə nl/

Definitions of traditional word

  • adjective traditional of or relating to tradition. 1
  • adjective traditional handed down by tradition. 1
  • adjective traditional in accordance with tradition. 1
  • adjective traditional of, relating to, or characteristic of the older styles of jazz, especially New Orleans style, Chicago style, Kansas City style, and Dixieland. Compare mainstream (def 5). 1
  • adjective traditional of tradition 1
  • adjective traditional customary 1

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Origin of traditional

First appearance:

before 1585
One of the 35% oldest English words
From the Medieval Latin word trāditiōnālis, dating back to 1585-95. See tradition, -al1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Traditional

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

traditional popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

traditional usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for traditional

adj traditional

  • accustomed — If you are accustomed to something, you know it so well or have experienced it so often that it seems natural, unsurprising, or easy to deal with.
  • addicting — a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
  • bourgeois — If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle-class people.
  • button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
  • button-down — A button-down shirt or a shirt with a button-down collar has a button under each end of the collar which you can fasten.

adjective traditional

  • accepted — Accepted ideas are agreed by most people to be correct or reasonable.
  • antique — An antique is an old object such as a piece of china or furniture which is valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
  • ceremonial — Something that is ceremonial relates to a ceremony or is used in a ceremony.
  • classic — A classic example of a thing or situation has all the features which you expect such a thing or situation to have.
  • classical — You use classical to describe something that is traditional in form, style, or content.

Antonyms for traditional

adj traditional

  • avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
  • deviceful — full of devices; inventive; cunning
  • innovational — something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum.
  • innovative — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.

adjective traditional

  • advanced — An advanced system, method, or design is modern and has been developed from an earlier version of the same thing.
  • modern — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
  • newfound — newly found or discovered: newfound friends.
  • originative — having or characterized by the power of originating; creative.

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