traditional synonyms

traditional

modif.

  1. Handed down orally

    folkloric, legendary, mythical, epical, ancestral, unwritten, balladic, told, handed down, fabulous, anecdotal, proverbial, inherited, folkloristic.

  2. Generally accepted

    old, acknowledged, customary, habitual, widespread, usual, widely used, popular, acceptable, established, fixed, sanctioned, universal, doctrinal, disciplinary, taken for granted, immemorial, rooted, classical, prescribed, conventional; see also common 1, regular 3.

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