traditional

Meanings

Adjective

• Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.
• Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only.
• Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
• In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
• Relating to traditional Chinese.

Noun

• A person with traditional beliefs.

Related

Similar words

• traditionary

Opposite words

• nontraditional, non-traditional
• untraditional

Origin

• tradition + -al