untraditional

1. 1.

   not conforming to or in accord with tradition

   “nontraditional designs”

   “nontraditional practices”

   Synonymsnontraditional

Questions about untraditional

What does untraditional mean?

untraditional means "not conforming to or in accord with tradition".

How many syllables are in untraditional?

untraditional has 5 syllables: un-tra-dit-io-nal. The stress falls on "dit". In IPA it is /ˌʌntɹəˈdɪʃənəl/.

What is another word for untraditional?

Close synonyms include nontraditional. 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.

Is untraditional a common word?

untraditional is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.