Conventional and Wacky

Conventional

Conventional adjective - Accepted, used, or practiced by most people.

Wacky is an antonym for conventional.

Wacky

Wacky adjective - Different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion.
Usage example: raised by an uncle with a rather wacky philosophy of parenting

Conventional is an antonym for wacky.

Both words in one sentence

  • Franchise / Sherlock Holmes Initially, Holmes and Watson fought Those Wacky Nazis, but they later went up against more conventional crooks.
  • Kill Sat In "Wacky Deli", Ed Bighead proposes the use of a more conventional Kill Sat to vaporize Rocko and co.
    Source: Kill Sat
  • Nuns Are Funny Also, the conventional stereotype of them is that they are very stern, severe and disapproving, thus making them either foils for wackiness going on around them or upping the humor value when they do something wacky.
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