'Traditional' definitions:
Definition of 'traditional'
From: WordNet
adjective
Consisting of or derived from tradition; "traditional history"; "traditional morality" [ant: nontraditional, untraditional]
adjective
Pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines; "the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanished"
Definition of 'Traditional'
From: GCIDE
- Traditional \Tra*di"tion*al\, a. [Cf. F. traditionnel, LL. traditionalis.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'traditional'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accepted,
- accustomed,
- acknowledged,
- admitted,
- ancestral,
- approved,
- authentic,
- authoritative,
- autobiographical,
- being done,
- biographical,
- canonical,
- Christian,
- chronologic,
- comme il faut,
- common,
- conformable,
- consuetudinary,
- conventional,
- correct,
- current,
- customary,
- de rigueur,
- decent,
- decorous,
- established,
- evangelical,
- everyday,
- faithful,
- familiar,
- firm,
- fixed,
- folk,
- formal,
- generally accepted,
- habitual,
- hagiographic,
- hallowed,
- handed down,
- heroic,
- historic,
- historied,
- historiographic,
- hoary,
- household,
- immemorial,
- inveterate,
- legendary,
- literal,
- long-established,
- long-standing,
- martyrologic,
- meet,
- mouth,
- mythological,
- normal,
- obtaining,
- of long standing,
- of the faith,
- of the folk,
- old,
- oral,
- ordinary,
- orthodox,
- orthodoxical,
- popular,
- prescribed,
- prescriptive,
- prevalent,
- proper,
- received,
- recognized,
- regular,
- regulation,
- right,
- ritual,
- rooted,
- routine,
- scriptural,
- seemly,
- set,
- sound,
- spoken,
- standard,
- stock,
- textual,
- time-honored,
- traditionalistic,
- tried and true,
- true,
- true-blue,
- understood,
- unwritten,
- usual,
- venerable,
- verbal,
- well-known,
- widespread,
- wonted,
- worshipful