ordinary | Definition of ordinary

Synonyms and Antonyms of ordinary

1 being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events

it was a perfectly ordinary and undistinguished shirt

Synonyms of ordinary

average, common, commonplace, cut-and-dried (also cut-and-dry), everyday, garden-variety, normal, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, standard-issue, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday

Words Related to ordinary

regular, typical, unextraordinary

familiar, homely, plain, plain-Jane, popular, vulgar

customary, wonted

insignificant, trivial, unimportant

frequent, habitual

expected, predictable

Phrases Synonymous with ordinary

par for the course

Near Antonyms of ordinary

curious, funny, peculiar, quaint, queer

aberrant, anomalous, atypical, irregular, untypical

rare, recherché, scarce

fantastic (also fantastical), phenomenal

bizarre, far-out, Kafkaesque, outrageous, outré, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, wild

eccentric, idiosyncratic, kooky (also kookie), nonconformist, oddball, offbeat, unconventional, unorthodox

freak, freakish

conspicuous, notable, novel, outstanding, prominent, salient, signal, striking, unexampled, unprecedented

singular, unique, unparalleled

Antonyms of ordinary

abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, odd, out-of-the-way, strange, unusual

2 of average to below average quality

the pizza at that restaurant is just ordinary—it's nothing to write home about

Synonyms of ordinary

common, fair, indifferent, mediocre, medium, middling, passable, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine (or run-of-mine), second-class, second-rate, so-so

Words Related to ordinary

acceptable, adequate, all right, alright, decent, OK (or okay), reasonable, satisfactory, sufficient, sufficing, tolerable

moderate, modest

presentable, respectable

minimal, unexceptional

fine, good, nice

Near Antonyms of ordinary

A1, capital, choice, classic, distinguished, excellent, exceptional, exquisite, fabulous, fantastic, fine, first-class, first-rate, grand, great, marvelous (or marvellous), matchless, maximum, nifty, number one (also No. 1), optimal, optimum, outstanding, par excellence, peerless, preeminent, prime, sensational, special, splendid