Synonyms for ordinary
ˈɔr dnˌɛr ior·di·na·ry

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1. ordinaryadjective

   Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane (often deprecatory).

   Antonyms:
   special, extraordinary

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. ordinary

   Common signifies frequently occurring, not out of the regular course, not exceptional; hence, not above the average, not excellent or distinguished, inferior, or even low; common also signifies pertaining to or participated in by two or more persons or things; as, sorrow is common to the race. General may signify pertaining equally to all of a class, race, etc., but very commonly signifies pertaining to the greater number, but not necessarily to all. Universal applies to all without exception; general applies to all with possible or comparatively slight exceptions; common applies to very many without deciding whether they are even a majority. A common remark is one we often hear; a general experience is one that comes to the majority of people; a universal experience is one from which no human being is exempt. It is dangerous for a debater to affirm a universal proposition, since that can be negatived by a single exception, while a general statement is not invalidated even by adducing many exceptions. We say a common opinion, common experience, a general rule, general truth, a universal law. Compare synonyms for NORMAL; USUAL.

   Synonyms:
   common, commonplace, customary, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, normal, popular, prevalent, public, universal, usual

   Antonyms:
   exceptional, infrequent, rare, singular, uncommon, unknown, unusual

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ordinary

   Synonyms:
   settled, wonted, conventional, plain, inferior, commonplace, humdrum, matter of fact

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary, unusual, uncommon, superior

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.6 / 10 votes

1. ordinarynoun

   a judge of a probate court

   Synonyms:
   ordinary bicycle

   Antonyms:
   awful, exceeding, grand, wondrous, surpassing, fantastic, marvellous, bonzer, tremendous, uncommon, extraordinary, marvelous, extraordinaire(ip), olympian, wonderful, phenomenal, remarkable, terrible, special, prodigious, exceptional, frightful, one(a), howling(a), rattling(a), great, preternatural, some, rare, pyrotechnic, singular, terrific, uncanny, wonderworking

2. ordinarynoun

   the expected or commonplace condition or situation

   "not out of the ordinary"

   Synonyms:
   ordinary bicycle

   Antonyms:
   rattling(a), exceptional, rare, marvelous, frightful, uncommon, bonzer, terrific, grand, extraordinary, surpassing, howling(a), awful, wonderworking, prodigious, singular, pyrotechnic, fantastic, one(a), remarkable, wondrous, uncanny, phenomenal, some, olympian, extraordinaire(ip), exceeding, tremendous, special, marvellous, wonderful, terrible, great, preternatural

3. ordinarynoun

   a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death

   Synonyms:
   ordinary bicycle

   Antonyms:
   fantastic, preternatural, bonzer, uncanny, howling(a), olympian, remarkable, awful, exceeding, prodigious, terrible, great, wonderworking, surpassing, uncommon, one(a), wondrous, special, some, extraordinaire(ip), wonderful, tremendous, terrific, pyrotechnic, singular, marvelous, extraordinary, exceptional, frightful, phenomenal, marvellous, rattling(a), grand, rare

4. ordinary, ordinary bicyclenoun

   an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

   Synonyms:
   ordinary bicycle

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary, one(a), wondrous, wonderful, howling(a), extraordinaire(ip), uncommon, special, exceeding, rattling(a), singular, rare, some, grand, frightful, terrible, tremendous, bonzer, great, prodigious, olympian, surpassing, phenomenal, pyrotechnic, marvellous, exceptional, marvelous, wonderworking, preternatural, uncanny, awful, fantastic, terrific, remarkable

5. ordinaryadjective

   (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields

   Synonyms:
   ordinary bicycle

   Antonyms:
   exceptional, tremendous, some, extraordinary, howling(a), awful, wonderworking, surpassing, rare, uncanny, terrific, special, one(a), terrible, uncommon, great, extraordinaire(ip), pyrotechnic, olympian, grand, frightful, remarkable, prodigious, marvelous, rattling(a), singular, wondrous, phenomenal, exceeding, marvellous, bonzer, preternatural, wonderful, fantastic

6. ordinaryadjective

   not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree

   "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"

   Synonyms:
   average

   Antonyms:
   extraordinaire(ip), tremendous, frightful, terrible, marvellous, remarkable, wonderworking, wonderful, special, howling(a), marvelous, rare, singular, bonzer, awful, fantastic, olympian, some, extraordinary, preternatural, exceptional, rattling(a), exceeding, pyrotechnic, uncommon, terrific, wondrous, one(a), prodigious, great, uncanny, surpassing, phenomenal, grand

7. average, ordinaryadjective

   lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

   "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"

   Synonyms:
   fair, mean(a), middling, median(a), average, mediocre, medium, modal(a), intermediate

   Antonyms:
   some, bonzer, awful, wonderful, wonderworking, surpassing, prodigious, special, terrible, phenomenal, uncommon, howling(a), extraordinaire(ip), frightful, terrific, marvellous, exceeding, fantastic, preternatural, one(a), rare, grand, remarkable, rattling(a), wondrous, uncanny, marvelous, exceptional, extraordinary, pyrotechnic, olympian, tremendous, great, singular

Matched Categories

1. • Bicycle
   • Clergyman
   • Condition
   • Judge
   • Law

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ordinaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   common, usual, customary, habitual, settled, established, wonted, every day

2. ordinaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   mean, vulgar, low, inferior

3. ordinaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   plain, ugly, homely, inelegant, ill-looking, not handsome, not fine

4. ordinarynoun

   Synonyms:
   eating-house (where a meal is offered at a settled price), TABLE D'HÔTE, public table

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1. ordinaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   common, regular, conventional, commonplace, mediocre, average, usual

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1. List of paraphrases for "ordinary":

   regular, normal, usual, common, simple, general, habitual, standard, mainstream, routine, lambda, ordinaires, conventional, mere

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How to use ordinary in a sentence?

1. Raj Shah:

   False charges are settled out of court all the time and this is nothing outside the ordinary.

2. Erik Jaffe:

   You can’t short-circuit the ordinary steps of judicial review for serious constitutional questions.

3. Lawrence Durrell:

   For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life; in this way, not to evade destiny, as the ordinary people try to do, but to fulfil it in its true potential --the imagination.

4. Isaac Newton:

   I seem to have been like a child playing on the sea shore, finding now and then a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me.

5. Luc Dardenne:

   We're interested in individuals, in details, in ordinary things to, hopefully, make something extra-ordinary of them, at least to widen the scope, but we're really staying with this suburban doctor who refuses to become richer by changing practice because she wants to stay where she is to find out the identity of The Unknown Girl. That's what we're interested in, the moral responsibility that Jenny feels.