All traditional synonyms
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T t adjective traditional
- orthodox β of, relating to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.
- folksy β friendly or neighborly; sociable.
- familiar β well-acquainted; thoroughly conversant: to be familiar with a subject.
- oldfangled β old-fashioned; of an older or former kind.
- yuppie β a young, ambitious, and well-educated city-dweller who has a professional career and an affluent lifestyle.
- ceremonial β Something that is ceremonial relates to a ceremony or is used in a ceremony.
- classic β A classic example of a thing or situation has all the features which you expect such a thing or situation to have.
- mossbacked β Very conservative or reactionary, with old-fashioned views.
- classical β You use classical to describe something that is traditional in form, style, or content.
- inherited β to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir: to inherit the family business.
- ethnic β Of or relating to a population subgroup (within a larger or dominant national or cultural group) with a common national or cultural tradition.
- mythologic β (mythology) Of or pertaining to mythology.
- whitebread β any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usually bleached, flour.
- ordinary β of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- workaday β of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.
- established β (of a custom, belief, practice, or institution) Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
- cultural β Cultural means relating to a particular society and its ideas, customs, and art.
- fogyish β Characteristic of a fogy.
adj traditional
- disciplined β having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
- fairy-tale β a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
- cut and dried β If you say that a situation or solution is cut and dried, you mean that it is clear and definite.
- castoff β thrown away; discarded; abandoned
- iconic β of, relating to, or characteristic of an icon.
- fairytale β a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
- in a rut β stuck in routine
- bourgeois β 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.
- mythic β pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- mythical β pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- customary β Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- mythological β of or relating to mythology.
- cast-off β to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- lineal β being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- in the groove β a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- hereditary β passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- normal β conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- immemorial β extending back beyond memory, record, or knowledge: from time immemorial.
- middling β equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
- conventional β Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal.
- lowborn β of humble birth.
- genealogical β a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
- counter-revolutionary β Counter-revolutionary activities are activities intended to reverse the effects of a previous revolution.
- heritable β capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- folkloric β based on or resembling folklore: folkloric music.
- legendary β of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- longstanding β existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
- button-down β 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.
- buttondown β (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- institutionalized β to make institutional.
- addicting β a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
- accustomed β 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.