traditional

[truh-dish-uh-nl] / trəˈdɪʃ ə nl /

ADJECTIVE

usual, established

Synonyms

STRONGEST

classic classical common conventional historic long-established old popular regular time-honored universal

WEAK

acceptable accustomed acknowledged ancestral customary doctrinal fixed folk habitual immemorial oral prescribed rooted sanctioned taken for granted transmitted unwritten widely used widespread

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abnormal different extraordinary infrequent irregular modern new rare uncommon unusual

WEAK

fresh unestablished unfixed untraditional

Example Sentences

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The breakthrough allowed data to travel via light pulses rather than electrical signals, enabling higher speeds and capacity than traditional copper wiring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Ultimately, she says, the approach depends on the book, with some titles thriving on BookTok, while others "rely much more heavily on traditional review coverage to reach the right person".

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

But AI servers still need traditional CPU chips like Intel’s to orchestrate everything.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

In traditional financial markets, insider trading is widely agreed to be bad and understood to be illegal.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Wearing the traditional crisp white barong shirt and often sporting a lei of flowers, he looked fit and handsome and was always smiling.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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