English

Adjective

Sense: occurring or happening regularly or frequently

Synonyms

• average
• banal
• basic
• bog standard
• common
• common as bums(Australia, US, simile)
• common as muck(UK, simile)
• commonplace
• common-or-garden
• common or garden variety
• conventional
• dime a dozen(Australia, US, idiomatic)
• everyday
• familiar   [⇒ thesaurus]
• garden variety
• general
• nonrare
• normal   [⇒ thesaurus]
• par for the course
• pedestrian
• plain
• plain Jane
• plain vanilla
• quotidian
• regular
• routinary
• routine
• standard   [⇒ thesaurus]
• standard issue
• ten a penny(UK, idiomatic)
• two a penny(UK, idiomatic)
• typical
• usual
• run-of-the-mill(idiom)
• workaday

Antonyms

• abnormal
• atypical
• exceptional
• exotic
• uncommon
• endangered
• extraordinary
• rare   [⇒ thesaurus]
• strange   [⇒ thesaurus]
• unconventional
• unique   [⇒ thesaurus]
• unusual

Various

• government issue
• wild type

See also

Further reading