| Main Entry: | dime a dozen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very common or numerous |
Synonyms: |
cheap and commonplace, superabundant |
| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | normal, typical |
Synonyms: |
boilerplate, common, commonplace, customary, dime a dozen, everyday, fair, fair to middling, familiar, garden*, garden-variety, general, humdrum*, intermediate, mainstream, mediocre, medium, middle of the road, middling, moderate, nowhere, ordinary, passable, plastic, regular, run of the mill, so-so, standard, tolerable, undistinguished, unexceptional, usual |
Antonyms: |
abnormal, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, extreme, outstanding, unusual |
| Main Entry: | bountiful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant |
Synonyms: |
ample, aplenty, bounteous, copious, crawling with, dime a dozen, exuberant, free, galore, generous, handsome, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, magnanimous, munificent, no end of, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, prolific, stink with, unsparing |
Antonyms: |
insufficient, lacking, meagre, sparse, wanting |
| Main Entry: | cheap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexpensive |
Synonyms: |
at a bargain, bargain, bargain-basement, bargain-counter, bought for a song, budget, buy, cheapo, competitive, cost next to nothing, cut-price, cut-rate, depreciated, dime a dozen, easy on the pocketbook, economical, half-priced, irregular, low tariff, low-cost, low-priced, lowered, marked down, moderate, nominal, on sale, popularly priced, real buy, reasonable, reduced, sale, slashed, standard, steal, uncostly, undear, utility, worth the money |
| Notes: | cheap means relatively low in price or charging low prices, tastelessly showy, or of very poor quality while cheep is the short weak cry of a young bird, a chirp |
Antonyms: |
costly, dear, expensive |
| Main Entry: | commonplace |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | usual, everyday |
Synonyms: |
boiler plate, characterless, clichéd, colorless, conventional, corny*, customary, dime-a-dozen, familiar, familiar tune, garden variety, hackneyed, humdrum, lowly, mainstream, matter-of-course, mediocre, middle-of-the-road, middling, mundane, natural, normal, obvious, ordinary, pedestrian, plebeian, prevalent, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, stale, starch, stereotyped, threadbare, trite, typical, uneventful, unexceptional, uninteresting, unnoteworthy, vanilla, widespread, workaday, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
exceptional, infrequent, peculiar, rare, uncommon, unusual |
| Main Entry: | economical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexpensive |
Synonyms: |
bought for a song, cheap, cost next to nothing, cost nothing, cut rate, dime a dozen, dirt cheap, dog cheap, fair, low, low tariff, low-priced, marked down, moderate, modest, on sale, quite a buy, reasonable, reduced, sound, steal* |
Antonyms: |
expensive, uneconomical, unreasonable |
| Main Entry: | everyday |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common |
Synonyms: |
accustomed, average, commonplace, conventional, customary, daily, dime a dozen, dull, familiar, frequent, garden variety, habitual, informal, lowly, mainstream, middle-of-the-road, mundane, normal, ordinary, per diem, plain, prosaic, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill, stock, unexceptional, unimaginative, unremarkable, usual, vanilla, whitebread, wonted, workaday |
Antonyms: |
abnormal, different, exceptional, special, uncommon, unexpected, unfamiliar, unusual |
| Main Entry: | generous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plentiful |
Synonyms: |
abundant, affluent, ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, copious, dime a dozen, full, galore, handsome, large, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, no end, no end in sight, overflowing, plenteous, rich, stinking with, unstinting, wealthy |
Antonyms: |
depleted, wanting |
| Main Entry: | humdrum |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boring, uneventful |
Synonyms: |
arid, banausic, blah, bromidic, common, commonplace, dim, dime a dozen, drab, dreary, dull, everyday, garden-variety, insipid, lifeless, monotone, monotonous, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, plodding, prosy, repetitious, routine, tedious, tiresome, toneless, treadmill, uninteresting, unvaried, vanilla, wearisome, white-bread |
Antonyms: |
busy, eventful, exciting, lively, unusual |
| Main Entry: | inexpensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not high priced |
Synonyms: |
bargain, budget, buy, cheap, cost next to nothing, cut-rate, dime a dozen, dirt-cheap, economical, for a song, half-price, low, low-cost, low-priced, marked down, modest, nominal, popular, popularly priced, real buy, real steal, reasonable, reduced, steal, thrifty |
Antonyms: |
costly, dear, expensive, high-cost, high-priced |