Synonyms for generic
dʒəˈnɛr ɪkgener·ic

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1. genericadjective

   Synonyms:
   general

   Antonyms:
   specific, proprietary, non-generic

2. genericadjective

   Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific

   Synonyms:
   general

   Antonyms:
   specific, non-generic, proprietary

3. genericadjective

   Of, or relating to a genus

   Synonyms:
   general

   Antonyms:
   proprietary, specific, non-generic

4. genericadjective

   Not having a brand name

   Synonyms:
   general

   Antonyms:
   specific, proprietary, non-generic

5. genericadjective

   Of a drug identified by its chemical name

   Synonyms:
   general

   Antonyms:
   non-generic, specific, proprietary

6. genericadjective

   Specifying neither masculine nor feminine e.g. salesperson

   Synonyms:
   general

   Antonyms:
   non-generic, proprietary, specific

7. genericadjective

   (Of program code) Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.

   Synonyms:
   general

   Antonyms:
   non-generic, specific, proprietary

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1. generic

   Synonyms:
   general, common, collective

   Antonyms:
   particular, personal, specific

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1. generic, generic winenoun

   a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape

   Synonyms:
   generic wine

   Antonyms:
   varietal wine, varietal, proprietary, specific

2. genericadjective

   any product that can be sold without a brand name

   Synonyms:
   generic wine

   Antonyms:
   varietal, varietal wine, proprietary, specific

3. genericadjective

   relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus

   "the generic name"

   Antonyms:
   varietal, varietal wine, proprietary, specific

4. genericadjective

   (of drugs) not protected by trademark

   "`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'"

   Antonyms:
   varietal wine, varietal, specific, proprietary

5. genericadjective

   applicable to an entire class or group

   "is there a generic Asian mind?"

   Antonyms:
   varietal, varietal wine, proprietary, specific

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1. • Biology
   • Drug

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1. List of paraphrases for "generic":

   general, non-proprietary, generics, non-franchised, nonproprietary, credits

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1. Chief Executive Michael Pearson:

   We should have abandoned the transaction with Marathon when it became clear that the expected arrival of generic competition made the economics of the deal dependent on significant price increases.

2. Esteban Burrone:

   We try to strike a very delicate balance between the interests of the (company), the sustainability required by generic producers and most importantly, the public health needs in lower and middle-income countries.

3. Diana Harshbarger:

   In the 1980s, the Chinese Communist Party went all in on pharmaceutical manufacturing, subsidizing the manufacturing costs of standard generic medicine like amoxicillin, that, along with their unethical, cheap labor practices, allowed them to corner the market.

4. Michael Levesque:

   Generic drugs are essentially commodity products chosen on cost and as the purchasers consolidate and exert their leverage we would expect downward pressure.

5. Jay Leno:

   We’ll pair a rapper from Chicago with an Ohio farmer lady, and they work as a team and it’s quite funny to watch, there’s no politics, there’s no Trump jokes, there’s no Biden jokes. There are jokes about Congress in that generic sort of ‘they’re idiots’ type of thing.