Meanings
comparative more untraditional · superlative most untraditional
- Not traditional; departing from tradition.
To punch up the flavor even more, we looked to an untraditional ingredient: fish sauce.
2013, America's Test Kitchen, Comfort Food Makeovers: All Your Favorites Made Lighter1 more example
For the last decade at least, the trend seems to be that more untraditional names are being chosen over the Bobs, the Toms, the Sues and the Marys.
2009 April 25, “Meet Number 16 Bus Shelter”, in Austin Daily Herald, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2025Synonyms: nontraditional
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot traditional; departing from tradition.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot conforming to or in accord with tradition
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
- Proto-Italic*trāns
- Latintrāns
- Proto-Indo-European*deh₃-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*dédeh₃ti
- Proto-Italic*didō
- Latindō
- Latintrādō
- Latintrāditiō
- Old Frenchtradicion
- Middle Englishtradicioun
- Englishtradition
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishtraditional
- Englishuntraditional
From un- + traditional.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish utraditionel
- utraditionelnot traditional
Finnish epäperinteinen, uudenlainen
- epäperinteinennot traditional
- uudenlainennot traditional
Greek αντιπαραδοσιακός
- αντιπαραδοσιακός (antiparadosiakós)not traditional
Norwegian Bokmål utradisjonell
- utradisjonellnot traditional
Swedish otraditionell
- otraditionellnot traditional
Cite this entry
untraditional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untraditional
“untraditional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untraditional. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untraditional,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untraditional.
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