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:
   usual, 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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How to use Usual in a sentence?

1. Greta Thunberg:

   I stand here striking from 8am until 3pm as usual ... then I'll go home, i won't have a birthday cake but we'll have a dinner.

2. Sergio Uzurin:

   Voicing your opinion is not enough, you have to disrupt business as usual for this to happen and that's the only thing that's ever made change. It's the real way democracies function.

3. Tiffany Davila:

   As far as the shutdown goes, it is not impacting fire suppression; that is business as usual, regardless of furlough or not. We didn't have to call out for federal assistance with that one, and if there is an emergency, we will work with the feds, and they will work with us.

4. Alexander Grushko:

   There cannot be a return to 'business as usual' with NATO as long as the alliance does not reconsider its containment policy toward Russia and does stop bloating the myth of a military threat from Russia.

5. John Kenneth Galbraith:

   In the usual (though certainly not in every) public decision on economic policy, the choice is between courses that are almost equally good or equally bad. It is the narrowest decisions that are most ardently debated. If the world is lucky enough to enjoy peace, it may even one day make the discovery, to the horror of doctrinaire free-enterprisers and doctrinaire planners alike, that what is called capitalism and what is called socialism are both capable of working quite well.