| Main Entry: | generic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, general |
Synonyms: |
all-encompassing, blanket, collective, comprehensive, inclusive, nonexclusive, sweeping, universal, wide |
Antonyms: |
exclusive, individual, particular, specific |
| Main Entry: | catholic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | all-embracing, general |
Synonyms: |
all-inclusive, broad-minded, charitable, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, diffuse, eclectic, ecumenical, extensive, generic, global, inclusive, indeterminate, large-scale, liberal, open-minded, planetary, receptive, tolerant, unbigoted, universal, unprejudiced, unsectarian, whole, wide, world-wide |
| Notes: | Catholic means of or relating to or supporting the Roman Catholic Church while catholic means of broad or liberal scope Catholic means of or relating to or supporting the Roman Catholic Church while catholic means of broad or liberal scope |
Antonyms: |
narrow, narrow-minded, specific |
| Main Entry: | cognate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alike, associated |
Synonyms: |
affiliated, agnate, akin, allied, analogous, comparable, connate, connatural, connected, consanguine, general, generic, incident, kindred, like, related, same, similar, universal |
Antonyms: |
disassociated, dissimilar, unalike, unallied, unconnected, unlike |
| Main Entry: | common |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generally known; held in common |
Synonyms: |
accepted, coincident, collective, communal, communistic, community, commutual, congruous, conjoint, conjunct, constant, corporate, correspondent, customary, general, generic, in common, intermutual, joint, like, mutual, popular, prevailing, prevalent, public, reciprocal, shared, social, socialistic, united, universal, usual, well-known, widespread |
| Main Entry: | general |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, accepted |
Synonyms: |
accustomed, broad, commonplace, conventional, customary, everyday, extensive, familiar, generic, habitual, humdrum, inclusive, matter-of-course, natural, normal, ordinary, popular, prevailing, prevalent, public, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill, typical, uneventful, universal, usual, wide, widespread, wonted |
Antonyms: |
abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, individual, novel, rare, unaccepted, uncommon, unique, unusual |
| Main Entry: | general |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comprehensive |
Synonyms: |
across-the-board, all-around, all-embracing, all-inclusive, ample, blanket, broad, catholic, collective, comprehending, diffuse, ecumenical, encyclopedic, endless, extensive, far-reaching, generic, global, inclusive, indiscriminate, infinite, limitless, miscellaneous, overall, panoramic, sweeping, taken as a whole, total, ubiquitous, unconfined, universal, unlimited, wide, worldwide |
Antonyms: |
circumscribed, limited |
| Main Entry: | ordinary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average; not distinctive |
Synonyms: |
characterless, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, fair, familiar, garden variety, garden*, generic, habitual, homespun, household, humble, indifferent, inferior, mean, mediocre, modest, no great shakes, normal, pedestrian, plain, plastic, prosaic, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, simple, so-so, stereotyped, undistinguished, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspired, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unpretentious, unremarkable, usual, vanilla, white-bread, workaday |
Antonyms: |
different, distinctive, remarkable, special |
| Main Entry: | undistinguished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ordinary |
Synonyms: |
average, characterless, common, commonplace, dull, everyday, fair, garden-variety, generic, mean, mediocre, modest, no great shakes, normal, nothing special, nothing to write home about, pedestrian, plain, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, so-so, typical, uneventful, unexceptional, unexciting, uninspired, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unremarkable, usual |
| Main Entry: | universal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worldwide, entire |
Synonyms: |
accepted, all, all-embracing, all-inclusive, all-over, astronomical, broad, catholic, celestial, common, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, customary, diffuse, ecumenical, empyrean, extensive, general, generic, global, multinational, mundane, omnipresent, planetary, prevalent, regular, stellar, sweeping, terrestrial, total, ubiquitous, undisputed, unlimited, unrestricted, usual, whole, widespread, worldly |
Antonyms: |
confined, local, partial, particular |
| Main Entry: | garden-variety |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ordinary |
Synonyms: |
average, characterless, common, commonplace, conventional, cut-and-dried, dull, fair, familiar, formulaic, garden variety, garden*, generic, habitual, homespun, household, humble, indifferent, inferior, mean, mediocre, modest, no great shakes, normal, p |