generic [juh-ner-ik]
Main Entry:
generic [juh-ner-ik]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: common, general
Synonyms: all-encompassing, blanket, collective, comprehensive, inclusive, nonexclusive, sweeping, universal, wide
Antonyms: exclusive, individual, particular, specific
Main Entry: cognate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: alike, associated
Synonyms: affiliated, agnate, akin, allied, analogous, comparable, connate, connatural, connected, consanguine, general, generic, incident, kindred, like, related, same, similar, universal
Antonyms: disassociated, dissimilar, unalike, unallied, unconnected, unlike
Main Entry: common
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: generally known; held in common
Synonyms: accepted, coincident, collective, communal, communistic, community, commutual, congruous, conjoint, conjunct, constant, corporate, correspondent, customary, general, generic, in common, intermutual, joint, like, mutual, popular, prevailing, prevalent, public, reciprocal, shared, social, socialistic, united, universal, usual, well-known, widespread
Main Entry: general
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: common, accepted
Synonyms: accustomed, broad, commonplace, conventional, customary, everyday, extensive, familiar, generic, habitual, humdrum, inclusive, matter-of-course, natural, normal, ordinary, popular, prevailing, prevalent, public, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill, typical, uneventful, universal, usual, wide, widespread, wonted
Antonyms: abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, individual, novel, rare, unaccepted, uncommon, unique, unusual
Main Entry: general
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: comprehensive
Synonyms: across-the-board, all-around, all-embracing, all-inclusive, ample, blanket, broad, catholic, collective, comprehending, diffuse, ecumenical, encyclopedic, endless, extensive, far-reaching, generic, global, inclusive, indiscriminate, infinite, limitless, miscellaneous, overall, panoramic, sweeping, taken as a whole, total, ubiquitous, unconfined, universal, unlimited, wide, worldwide
Antonyms: circumscribed, limited
Main Entry: ordinary
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: average; not distinctive
Synonyms: characterless, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, fair, familiar, garden variety, garden*, generic, habitual, homespun, household, humble, indifferent, inferior, mean, mediocre, modest, no great shakes, normal, pedestrian, plain, plastic, prosaic, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, simple, so-so, stereotyped, undistinguished, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspired, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unpretentious, unremarkable, usual, vanilla, white-bread, workaday
Antonyms: different, distinctive, remarkable, special
Main Entry: undistinguished
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ordinary
Synonyms: average, characterless, common, commonplace, dull, everyday, fair, garden-variety, generic, mean, mediocre, modest, no great shakes, normal, nothing special, nothing to write home about, pedestrian, plain, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, so-so, typical, uneventful, unexceptional, unexciting, uninspired, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unremarkable, usual
Main Entry: universal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: worldwide, entire
Synonyms: accepted, all, all-embracing, all-inclusive, all-over, astronomical, broad, catholic, celestial, common, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, customary, diffuse, ecumenical, empyrean, extensive, general, generic, global, multinational, mundane, omnipresent, planetary, prevalent, regular, stellar, sweeping, terrestrial, total, ubiquitous, undisputed, unlimited, unrestricted, usual, whole, widespread, worldly
Antonyms: confined, local, partial, particular
Main Entry: garden-variety
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ordinary
Synonyms: average, characterless, common, commonplace, conventional, cut-and-dried, dull, fair, familiar, formulaic, garden variety, garden*, generic, habitual, homespun, household, humble, indifferent, inferior, mean, mediocre, modest, no great shakes, normal, p
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