adjective
traditional
Following customs or practices passed down over time.
Our family serves a traditional meal on New Year's Day.
Etymology
The Latin source means handing something on. Traditional customs are practices passed from earlier members of a community to later ones.
More examples
- The dancers wear traditional clothing from their region.
- She uses traditional methods to weave baskets by hand.
- Grandparents teach the children traditional songs.
Forms
traditional · more traditional · most traditional
tradition noun — A custom passed down through successive generations.
traditionally adverb — In a way that follows inherited customs.
Similar words
- customary
- Emphasizes usual practice, not necessarily something inherited across generations.
- conventional
- Emphasizes accepted standards rather than customs passed down over time.