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ordinary
adjective as in common, regular
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accustomed, customary, established, frequent, grassroots, habitual, popular, prevailing, quotidian, run-of-the-mill, settled, usual, wonted
adjective as in average; not distinctive
Strongest matches
common, conventional, dull, generic, humble, mediocre, normal, plain, simple, unremarkable, workaday
Strong matches
commonplace, fair, familiar, garden, homespun, household, inferior, mean, pedestrian, plastic, routine, vanilla
Weak matches
characterless, garden variety, habitual, indifferent, modest, no great shakes, prosaic, quotidian, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, so-so, stereotyped, undistinguished, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspired, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unpretentious, usual, white-bread
Example Sentences
But after months of speculation, the party now has a name and a constitution that will see it led by a "revolutionary" new system - controlled by ordinary members rather than a single leader.
Balmer breaks appear in ordinary galaxies, especially in those forming few or no new stars, but they are much weaker than what was seen in The Cliff.
Until now, scientists have only been able to study it indirectly by observing how it affects ordinary matter, such as the way it produces enough gravity to hold galaxies together.
That a practice has survived long enough to become ordinary is evidence that those who came before us found it useful.
The astronomers consider this specific supernova to be quite an ordinary one, so they believe that it is representative of most massive stars’ explosive death.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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