Synonyms for usual
ˈyu ʒu əl, ˈyuʒ wəlusu·al

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1. usualadjective

   Synonyms:
   wonted, normal, simple, regular, standard, ordinary, common, plain

   Antonyms:
   unusual

2. usualadjective

   That which most commonly occurs.

   Synonyms:
   plain, standard, ordinary, normal, simple, regular, wonted, common

   Antonyms:
   unusual

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1. usual

   Usual (Latin usus, use, habit, wont) signifies such as regularly or often recurs in the ordinary course of events, or is habitually repeated in the life of the same person. Ordinary (Latin ordo, order) signifies according to an established order, hence of everyday occurrence. In strictness, common and general apply to the greater number of individuals in a class; but both words are in good use as applying to the greater number of instances in a series, so that it is possible to speak of one person's common practise or general custom, tho ordinary or usual would in such case be preferable. Compare GENERAL; NORMAL.

   Synonyms:
   accustomed, common, customary, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, normal, ordinary, prevailing, prevalent, public, regular, wonted

   Antonyms:
   exceptional, extraordinary, infrequent, out-of-the-way, rare, singular, strange, uncommon, unparalleled, unusual

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1. usual

   Synonyms:
   common, customary, ordinary, normal, regular, habitual, wonted, accustomed, general

   Antonyms:
   uncommon, rare, exceptional, uncustomary, extraordinary, abnormal, irregular, unusual

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1. usualadjective

   occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure

   "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime"

   Synonyms:
   common

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary(p), unusual, different, unaccustomed, out-of-the-way, strange, peculiar, odd, unique

2. common, usualadjective

   commonly encountered

   "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"

   Synonyms:
   coarse, vulgar, vernacular, mutual, unwashed, uncouth, common, plebeian, rough-cut

   Antonyms:
   unique, extraordinary(p), unaccustomed, out-of-the-way, unusual, different, strange, odd, peculiar

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1. usualadjective

   Synonyms:
   customary, ordinary, common, familiar, regular, general, frequent, habitual, wonted, accustomed, prevailing, prevalent, every-day

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1. usualadjective

   Synonyms:
   ordinary, general, accustomed, conventional, prevailing, everyday

   Antonyms:
   unusual

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1. List of paraphrases for "usual":

   habitual, normal, customary, ordinary, regular, routine, typical, standard, common, traditional, costume, commonplace, usually

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1. Michael Taarnby:

   Those attracted are usually quite young -- there's the usual issue of a clash of cultures, of being stuck between east Africa and Scandinavia and not knowing where they belong.

2. State John Kerry:

   China had a particular approach that it wanted to make, that we agreed and respected to give them space to implement that, today in my conversation with the Chinese I made it very clear that has not worked and we can not continue business as usual.

3. Naftali Bennett:

   This is not a catastrophe, this is not a disaster. It is a change of government. An ordinary and usual event in any democratic country, the system in the state of Israel is not monarchical. No one has a monopoly on power.

4. Douglas Jacobson:

   There's no legal mechanism for this. How this will play out remains to be seen. They are not simply going to be able to resume business as usual.

5. Shauna Lynch:

   Jane Austen was writing letters, in Jane Austen usual quite tiny handwriting, up to May 1817, two months before Jane Austen death. ... For this reason it seems unlikely that Jane Austen was as close to blind as the optometrist quoted on the British Library blog site suggests.