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Imaginative vs Conventional - What's the difference?

imaginative | conventional | Antonyms |

Conventional is a antonym of imaginative.



As adjectives the difference between imaginative and conventional

is that imaginative is having a lively or creative imagination while conventional is pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.

As a noun conventional is

a conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.

imaginative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having a lively or creative imagination
  • tending to be fanciful or inventive
  • false or imagined

    • conventional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
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    • , page=13 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) , title= Ideas coming down the track , passage=A “moving platform” scheme
  • Ordinary, commonplace.
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  • * 1980 , (Carl Sagan), Cosmos: A Personal Voyage ,
    • The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.
  • Banal]], trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or [[clichéd.

    • Synonyms

    * ("pertaining to a convention"): typical, canonical * ("banal"): stereotypical

    Antonyms

    * ("pertaining to a convention"): atypical, out of the ordinary, unconventional * ("ordinary"): imaginative

    Derived terms

    * conventionalism * conventionalist * conventionally * conventional mortgage loan * conventional war * conventional warfare * conventional weapon * conventional weaponry * conventional wisdom

    Related terms

    * convention

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.