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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accepted, traditional |
| Synonyms: | according to the book, acknowledged, admitted, approved, authoritative, buttoned-down, by the numbers, canonical, conformist, conservative, conventional, correct, customary, devout, die-hard, doctrinal, established, in line, legitimate, official, old-line, pious, proper, punctilious, reactionary, received, recognized, religious, right, rightful, sanctioned, sound, square, standard, straight, straight arrow, traditionalistic, true, well-established |
| Antonyms: | heterodox, unconventional, unorthodox, untraditional |
| Main Entry: | preferred |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | favorite, chosen |
| Synonyms: | adopted, approved, culled, decided upon, elected, endorsed, fancied, favored, handpicked, liked, named, picked, popular, sanctioned, selected, set apart, settled upon, singled out, taken, well-liked |
| Antonyms: | ill-favored, rejected, undesirable |
| Main Entry: | privileged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | allowed, exempt |
| Synonyms: | authorized, chartered, eligible, empowered, entitled, excused, franchised, free, furnished, granted, immune, kosher*, legit, licensed, okay*, okayed, palatine, qualified, sanctioned, special, vested |
| Antonyms: | prevented, unexempt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | regular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | normal, common |
| Synonyms: | approved, bona fide, classic, commonplace, correct, customary, daily, established, everyday, formal, general, habitual, lawful, legitimate, natural, official, ordinary, orthodox, prevailing, prevalent, proper, routine, run-of-the-mill, sanctioned, standard, time-honored, traditional, typic, typical, unexceptional, unvarying, usual |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, anomalous, eccentric, extraordinary, irregular, rare, uncommon, unusual |
| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accepted, established |
| Synonyms: | all there, authoritative, canonical, dependable, fair, faithful, fly*, go*, hanging together, holding together, holding up, holding up in wash, holding water, kosher*, legal, legit, loyal, orthodox, proper, proven, received, recognized, reliable, reputable, safe, sanctioned, secure, significant, solid, solvent, stable, standing up, tried-and-true, true, valid, washing |
| Antonyms: | distrusted, refused, rejected |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | traditional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | usual, established |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, accustomed, acknowledged, ancestral, classic, classical, common, conventional, customary, doctrinal, fixed, folk, habitual, historic, immemorial, long-established, old, oral, popular, prescribed, regular, rooted, sanctioned, taken for granted, time-honored, transmitted, universal, unwritten, widely used, widespread |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, unestablished, unfixed, untraditional, unusual |
| Main Entry: | acknowledged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | widely recognized |
| Synonyms: | accepted, approved, authorized, commonly accepted, confirmed, generally accepted, recognized, sanctioned, unquestioned |
| Main Entry: | approved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certified |
| Synonyms: | OK'd, accepted, affirmed, allowed, authorized, backed, certain, chosen, endorsed, legalized, made official, passed, permitted, proven, ratified, recognized, sanctioned, supported, validated, vouched for |
| Antonyms: | disapproved, refused, uncertain |
| Main Entry: | endorsed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | signed |
| Synonyms: | OK'd boosted, advocated, affirmed, approved, attested, backed, blessed, commended, concluded, legalized, notarized, ratified, recommended, sanctioned, sealed, settled, sponsored, supported, underwritten, upheld, validated |
| Antonyms: | cancelled, disapproved, vetoed |
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