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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authorized, legitimate |
| Synonyms: | accredited, approved, authentic, authenticated, authoritative, bona fide, canonical, cathedral, ceremonious, certified, cleared, conclusive, correct, customary, decided, decisive, definite, endorsed, established, ex cathedra, ex officio, fitting, formal, legitimate, licensed, okay*, ordered, orthodox, positive, precise, proper, real, recognized, rightful, sanctioned, suitable, true, valid |
| Notes: | an official (noun) is one who holds or is invested with an office or a referee or umpire in a game or sport - (adjective) having official authority or of or relating to an office; officious means marked by excessive eagerness in offering services or advice where they are neither requested nor needed |
| Antonyms: | unauthorized, unofficial, unsanctioned |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ordinary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, regular |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, customary, established, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, humdrum*, natural, normal, popular, prevailing, public, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill, settled, standard, stock, traditional, typical, usual, wonted |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, extraordinary, irregular, uncommon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | orthodox |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accepted, traditional |
| Synonyms: | according to the book, acknowledged, admitted, approved, authoritative, buttoned-down, by the numbers, canonical, conformist, conservative, conventional, correct, customary, devout, die-hard, doctrinal, established, in line, legitimate, official, old-line, pious, proper, punctilious, reactionary, received, recognized, religious, right, rightful, sanctioned, sound, square, standard, straight, straight arrow, traditionalistic, true, well-established |
| Antonyms: | heterodox, unconventional, unorthodox, untraditional |
| Main Entry: | prevailing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | general, dominant |
| Synonyms: | all-embracing, by the numbers, catholic, common, comprehensive, current, customary, ecumenical, established, familiar, fashionable, in style, in vogue, influential, main, operative, ordinary, popular, predominant, predominating, preponderating, prevalent, principal, rampant, regnant, regular, rife, ruling, set, steady, sweeping, universal, usual, widespread, worldwide |
| Antonyms: | individual, minor, peculiar, private, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | prevalent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accepted, widespread |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, common, commonplace, current, customary, established, everyday, extensive, faddy, frequent, general, habitual, in use, latest, latest word, leading edge, natural, new, normal, now*, ongoing, popular, prevailing, rampant, regnant, regular, rife, run-of-the-mill, state-of-the-art*, stylish, swinging, trendy, typic, typical, ubiquitous, universal, up-to-date, usual, with it, wonted |
| Antonyms: | isolated, limited, uncommon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conventional, correct |
| Synonyms: | absolute, accepted, accurate, arrant, complete, consummate, customary, decorous, established, exact, formal, free of error, on target, on the button, on the nose, on the right track, orthodox, out-and-out, precise, right, unmistaken, usual, utter |
| Antonyms: | incorrect, substandard, unconventional |
| Main Entry: | proverbial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conventional, traditional |
| Synonyms: | accepted, acknowledged, archetypal, axiomatic, current, customary, famed, familiar, famous, general, legendary, notorious, self-evident, time-honored, typical, unquestioned, well-known |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, atypical, different, unconventional, unknown, untraditional |
| Main Entry: | regular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | normal, common |
| Synonyms: | approved, bona fide, classic, commonplace, correct, customary, daily, established, everyday, formal, general, habitual, lawful, legitimate, natural, official, ordinary, orthodox, prevailing, prevalent, proper, routine, run-of-the-mill, sanctioned, standard, time-honored, traditional, typic, typical, unexceptional, unvarying, usual |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, anomalous, eccentric, extraordinary, irregular, rare, uncommon, unusual |
| 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, seasonal, standard, typical, unremarkable, usual, wonted, workaday |
| Antonyms: | breaking, different, original, untraditional, unusual |
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