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| Main Entry: | usual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, typical |
| Synonyms: | accepted, accustomed, average, chronic, commonplace, constant, conventional, current, customary, cut-and-dried*, everyday, expected, familiar, fixed, frequent, general, grind, habitual, mainstream, natural, normal, ordinary, plain, plastic, prevailing, prevalent, quotidian, regular, rife, routine, run-of-the-mill*, so-so*, standard, stock, vanilla*, wonted, garden variety, matter-of-course, typic, unremarkable, white-bread, workaday |
| Notes: | habitual means made a norm or custom or habit or fixed practice; customary means in accordance with convention or custom; usual means commonly or normally encountered, experienced, or observed |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, atypical, irregular, uncommon, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accepted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generally agreed upon |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, acknowledged, approved, authorized, chosen, confirmed, conventional, current, customary, endorsed, established, fashionable, in vogue, kosher*, normal, orthodox, popular, preferred, received, recognized, regular, sanctioned, standard, straight*, time-honored, universal, unopposed, usual, welcomed, allowed, arrived at, card-carrying, credited, legit, okayed, passed, touted |
| Antonyms: | irregular, questionable, unconventional, unorthodox |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | normal, typical amount |
| Synonyms: | mean, median, medium, middle, norm, par, rule, standard, usual, midpoint |
| Antonyms: | abnormality, exception, extreme, unusual |
| Main Entry: | chronic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incessant, never-ending |
| Synonyms: | abiding, ceaseless, confirmed, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, deep-rooted, deep-seated, enduring, fixed, habitual, inborn, inbred, incurable, ingrained, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, long-standing, obstinate, perennial, persistent, prolonged, recurrent, rooted, routine, settled, stubborn, sustained, tenacious, unmitigated, unyielding, usual, ever-present, ineradicable, lingering, long-lived, persisting, protracted, recurring, unabating |
| Antonyms: | curable, intermittent, occasional, temporary, eradicable |
| Main Entry: | everyday |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, average, commonplace, conventional, customary, daily, dime a dozen, dull, familiar, frequent, habitual, informal, lowly, mainstream, middle-of-the-road*, mundane, normal, ordinary, per diem, plain, prosaic, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill*, stock, unexceptional, unimaginative, usual, vanilla*, wonted, garden variety, unremarkable, whitebread, workaday |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, different, exceptional, special, uncommon, unexpected, unfamiliar, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fashionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stylish, up-to-date |
| Synonyms: | chic, chichi*, contemporary, current, customary, dashing, favored, fly*, genteel, hot*, in vogue, last word*, latest, latest thing*, mod*, modern, modish*, natty*, new, newfangled, now, popular, prevailing, rakish, smart, trendy, usual, with it*, a go-go, all the rage, faddy, in style, in-thing, swank, trendsetting, up-to-the-minute, upscale, well-liked, á la mode |
| Antonyms: | old-fashioned, out, unfashionable, unpopular |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frequent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, repeated |
| Synonyms: | commonplace, constant, continual, customary, everyday, expected, familiar, general, habitual, incessant, intermittent, manifold, many, monotonous, numberless, numerous, periodic, perpetual, persistent, profuse, recurrent, redundant, successive, thick, ubiquitous, usual, various, a good many, iterated, pleonastic, recurring, reiterated, reiterative |
| Antonyms: | inconstant, infrequent, irregular, occasional, rare, sporadic, uncommon, unusual, unrepeated |
| Main Entry: | inveterate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | long-standing, established |
| Synonyms: | abiding, accustomed, addicted, chronic, confirmed, continuing, customary, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool*, enduring, entrenched, fixed, habitual, hard-core*, hardened, inbred, incorrigible, incurable, ingrained, innate, lifelong, long-lasting, obstinate, old, perennial, permanent, persistent, set, settled, stubborn, sworn, usual, habituated, indurated, ineradicable, long-lived, persisting |
| Antonyms: | short-lived |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | legitimate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authentic, valid, legal |
| Synonyms: | accepted, accredited, acknowledged, admissible, appropriate, authorized, canonical, certain, cogent, consistent, correct, customary, fair, genuine, innocent, just, justifiable, lawful, licit, logical, natural, normal, official, on the level, orthodox, probable, proper, real, reasonable, received, recognized, regular, reliable, rightful, sanctioned, sensible, sound, statutory, sure, true, typical, usual, verifiable, warranted, well-founded, on the up and up |
| Antonyms: | illegal, illegitimate, invalid, unlawful, unwarranted |
| Main Entry: | literal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | word for word; exact, real |
| Synonyms: | accurate, actual, apparent, authentic, bona fide, close, critical, faithful, genuine, gospel, methodical, natural, ordinary, plain, scrupulous, simple, strict, true, unerring, unvarnished, usual, veracious, verbal, verbatim, veritable, written, not figurative, to the letter, undeviating, unexaggerated |
| Antonyms: | exaggerated, figurative, imaginative, loose |
| Main Entry: | par |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | average, equilibrium |
| Synonyms: | balance, criterion, equality, equivalence, level, mean, median, model, norm, parity, sameness, standard, usual, adequation, coequality, equal footing, equatability, equivalency |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
| Main Entry: | perfunctory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | automatic, unthinking |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, careless, cool, cursory, disinterested, heedless, impersonal, inattentive, indifferent, involuntary, lackadaisical, laid-back*, mechanical, negligent, offhand, routine, sketchy, slipshod*, slovenly, standard, stereotyped, stock, superficial, unaware, unconcerned, uninterested, usual, wooden*, going through the motions, phoning it in, walking through it |
| Antonyms: | careful, precise, thoughtful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prevailing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | general, dominant |
| Synonyms: | by the numbers*, catholic, common, comprehensive, current, customary, ecumenical, established, familiar, fashionable, in vogue, influential, main, operative, ordinary, popular, predominant, prevalent, principal, rampant, regnant, regular, rife, ruling, set, steady, sweeping, universal, usual, widespread, worldwide, all-embracing, in style, predominating, preponderating |
| Antonyms: | individual, minor, peculiar, private, unimportant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | routine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | habitual |
| Synonyms: | accepted, accustomed, chronic, conventional, customary, everyday, familiar, general, methodical, normal, ordinary, periodic, plain, quotidian, regular, standard, typical, usual, wonted, seasonal, unremarkable, workaday |
| Antonyms: | breaking, different, original, unusual, untraditional |
| Main Entry: | run-of-the-mill |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average |
| Synonyms: | common, commonplace, customary, dime a dozen, everyday, fair, fair to middling, humdrum, intermediate, mainstream, mediocre, medium, middle of the road*, middling, ordinary, regular, routine, so-so*, undistinguished, unexceptional, usual, garden-variety |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | standard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | regular, approved |
| Synonyms: | accepted, authoritative, average, basic, canonical, classic, common, customary, definitive, established, everyday, general, normal, official, orthodox, popular, prevailing, recognized, regulation, run-of-the-mill*, set, staple, stock, typical, usual, vanilla*, boilerplate, garden variety |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, different, irregular, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | status quo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | current situation |
| Synonyms: | circumstances, situation, standing, state, status, usual, existing condition, existing conditions, how things stand, no change, parameters, present state of affairs, size of it, state of affairs, status in quo |
| Main Entry: | stock |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commonplace |
| Synonyms: | banal, basic, common, conventional, customary, dull, established, formal, hackneyed, normal, ordinary, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill*, set, standard, staple, stereotyped, traditional, trite, typical, usual, worn-out, overused |
| Antonyms: | different, original, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | time-honored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | traditional |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, ancestral, classic, classical, conventional, customary, fixed, folk, historic, old, popular, regular, rooted, standard, universal, usual, vintage, widespread, long-established, taken for granted |
| Main Entry: | undistinguished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ordinary |
| Synonyms: | average, common, commonplace, dull, everyday, fair, generic, mean, mediocre, modest, normal, pedestrian, plain, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill*, second-rate, so-so*, typical, uneventful, unexceptional, unexciting, uninspired, usual, characterless, garden-variety, no great shakes, nothing special, nothing to write home about, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unremarkable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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