unconventional

Questions about unconventional

What does unconventional mean?

unconventional means "not conforming to accepted rules or standards". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unconventional?

unconventional has 5 syllables: un-con-ven-tio-nal. The stress falls on "ven". In IPA it is /ˌʌnkənˈvɛnʃənəl/.

What is another word for unconventional?

Close synonyms include improper, unlawful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of unconventional?

The recorded antonyms are conventional, conventional.

Is unconventional a common word?

unconventional is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unconventional?

1 word rhymes with unconventional. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.