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Synonyms for ordinary
ˈɔr dnˌɛr ior·di·na·ry
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Wiktionary
ordinaryadjective
Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane (often deprecatory).
Antonyms:
special, extraordinary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, usualAntonyms:
exceptional, infrequent, rare, singular, uncommon, unknown, unusual
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
ordinary
Synonyms:
settled, wonted, conventional, plain, inferior, commonplace, humdrum, matter of factAntonyms:
extraordinary, unusual, uncommon, superior
Princeton's WordNet
ordinarynoun
a judge of a probate court
Synonyms:
ordinary bicycleAntonyms:
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, wonderworkingordinarynoun
the expected or commonplace condition or situation
"not out of the ordinary"
Synonyms:
ordinary bicycleAntonyms:
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, preternaturalordinarynoun
a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
Synonyms:
ordinary bicycleAntonyms:
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, rareordinary, ordinary bicyclenoun
an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
Synonyms:
ordinary bicycleAntonyms:
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, remarkableordinaryadjective
(heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
Synonyms:
ordinary bicycleAntonyms:
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, fantasticordinaryadjective
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:
averageAntonyms:
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, grandaverage, 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), intermediateAntonyms:
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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
ordinaryadjective
Synonyms:
common, usual, customary, habitual, settled, established, wonted, every dayordinaryadjective
ordinaryadjective
Synonyms:
plain, ugly, homely, inelegant, ill-looking, not handsome, not fineordinarynoun
Synonyms:
eating-house (where a meal is offered at a settled price), TABLE D'HÔTE, public table
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
ordinaryadjective
Synonyms:
common, regular, conventional, commonplace, mediocre, average, usual
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "ordinary":
regular, normal, usual, common, simple, general, habitual, standard, mainstream, routine, lambda, ordinaires, conventional, mere
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#162 | public | |
#191 | general | |
#530 | standard | |
#675 | popular | |
#736 | common | |
#774 | average | |
#933 | simple | |
#1299 | regular | |
#1458 | normal | |
#1614 | medium | |
#1667 | fair | |
#2156 | universal | |
#3226 | plain | |
#4152 | usual | |
#4263 | familiar | |
#4394 | everyday | |
#4690 | ordinary | |
#5026 | intermediate | |
#5269 | routine | |
#5273 | conventional | |
#5997 | frequent | |
#6539 | lambda | |
#7495 | mainstream | |
#7775 | mere | |
#7877 | settled | |
#15200 | inferior | |
#17672 | prevalent | |
#18078 | customary | |
#21488 | mediocre | |
#27935 | commonplace | |
#30729 | habitual | |
#85796 | middling | |
#100104 | humdrum | |
#164343 | wonted |
How to use ordinary in a sentence?
At the core, we argued that people of ordinary intelligence couldn't understand what kinds of crimes could trigger removal, vague laws lend themselves to arbitrary enforcement, which can be used in a discriminatory way.
The fact that he appears like a relatively ordinary young British resident is disquieting.
What a vindication of the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, what a reminder of what Bobby Kennedy once said, about how small actions can be like pebbles being thrown into a still lake, and ripples of hope cascade outwards and change the world.
I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
This particular piece of work on the Teacup Galaxy has provided new insight into how the black holes [drive energy] in ordinary galaxies, they appear to be capable of driving jets of charged particles that collide into the gas. You could imagine the ‘jet’ as like a water cannon being driven into a crowd of people - the water cannon collides with the crowd and causes it to break up and disperse rapidly. In this analogy, the crowd represents the gas in the galaxy that is trying to form stars, but is destroyed by the jet.
Translations for ordinary
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- مؤلوف, عاديArabic
- ябайBashkir
- ordinariCatalan, Valencian
- obyčejnýCzech
- ordinär, gewöhnlichGerman
- συνηθισμένος, κοινόςGreek
- ordinarioSpanish
- عادیPersian
- tavallinen, airutkuvioFinnish
- ordinaireFrench
- normálta, gnáth-, gnáchIrish
- ordinarioGalician
- आम्म, सामान्य, साधारण, मामूलीHindi
- rendes, szokásosHungarian
- հասարակ, սովորականArmenian
- ordinario, ordinariaItalian
- 普通, 通常, 平凡Japanese
- សាមញ្ញ, ធម្មតាKhmer
- 보통, 정규Korean
- parastsLatvian
- обичен, ординаријаMacedonian
- gewoonDutch
- zwykłyPolish
- ordinário, normalPortuguese
- uzual, ordinar, normalRomanian
- обыкновенный, обычныйRussian
- सामान्य, साधारणSanskrit
- navaden, običajenSlovene
- ordinär, vanligSwedish
- sıradan, olağanTurkish
- معمولی, سادھارن, عامUrdu
- 普通的Chinese
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