Generic ibuprofen is just as effective as name-brand ibuprofen.
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Generic
//ˈdʒɛn(ə)rɪk//
Synonyms for "generic" (46 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (13)
Adjective(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (23)
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More general
5 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
45 entriesShowing 16 of 45 words.
has context
5 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
similar
4 entriesTranslations
100 translations across 20 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- إِجْمالِيّ adj (very comprehensive)
- جامِع adj (very comprehensive)
- شامِل adj (very comprehensive)
- شُمُولِيّ adj (very comprehensive)
Bulgarian
3 entries- неспецифичен adj (very comprehensive)
- обширен adj (very comprehensive)
- родов adj (of, or relating to a genus)
Catalan
2 entries- genèric adj (very comprehensive)
- genèric adj (not having a brand name)
Dutch
2 entries- generiek adj (very comprehensive)
- generiek adj (not having a brand name)
Finnish
4 entries- geneerinen adj (very comprehensive)
- suku adj (of, or relating to a genus)
- yleinen adj (very comprehensive)
- yleis adj (very comprehensive)
French
4 entries- générique adj (very comprehensive)
- générique adj (not having a brand name)
- générique noun (part of a toponym that identifies the feature's type)
- médicament générique noun (a product sold under a generic name)
Galician
2 entries- xenérico adj (very comprehensive)
- xenérico noun (a product sold under a generic name)
Georgian
4 entries- განზოგადებული adj (very comprehensive)
- გვაროვნული adj (of, or relating to a genus)
- ზოგადი adj (very comprehensive)
- ზოგადი adj (specifying neither masculine nor feminine e.g. salesperson)
German
4 entries- Generikum adj (not having a brand name)
- allgemein adj (very comprehensive)
- artmäßig adj (of, or relating to a genus)
- arttypisch adj (of, or relating to a genus)
Greek
4 entries- γενικός adj (very comprehensive)
- γενόσημο adj (not having a brand name)
- ουδέτερο adj (specifying neither masculine nor feminine e.g. salesperson)
- γενόσημος noun (a product sold under a generic name)
Ido
1 entries- generala adj (very comprehensive)
Indonesian
2 entries- generik adj (very comprehensive)
- generik adj ((computing) written so as to operate on any data type)
Norwegian
4 entries- generisk adj (very comprehensive)
- generisk adj (of, or relating to a genus)
- generisk adj (not having a brand name)
- kjo adj (specifying neither masculine nor feminine e.g. salesperson)
Persian
1 entries- همگانیک adj ((computing) written so as to operate on any data type)
Polish
4 entries- bezmarkowy adj (not having a brand name)
- niemarkowy adj (not having a brand name)
- ogólny adj (very comprehensive)
- pospolity adj (very comprehensive)
Portuguese
4 entries- genérico adj (very comprehensive)
- genérico adj (of, or relating to a genus)
- genérico adj (not having a brand name)
- genérico adj ((computing) written so as to operate on any data type)
Russian
4 entries- безма́рочный adj (not having a brand name)
- видово́й adj (of, or relating to a genus)
- всео́бщий adj (very comprehensive)
- нема́рочный adj (not having a brand name)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- gneitheach adj (of, or relating to a genus)
Spanish
2 entries- genérico adj (very comprehensive)
- genérico adj (not having a brand name)
Turkish
4 entries- cinsle ilgili adj (of, or relating to a genus)
- eşdeğer adj (of, or relating to a genus)
- familyaya āit adj (of, or relating to a genus)
- genelleyici adj (very comprehensive)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
She purchased a generic version of a medication.
Source: tatoeba (6907628)
In English, the words a or an are indefinite articles that are used to refer to a person or thing that is non-specific, such as something generic or something mentioned for the first time.
Source: tatoeba (8424002)
In a generic brick building on the northwestern edge of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center campus in Greenbelt, Maryland, thousands of computers packed in racks the size of vending machines hum in a deafening chorus of data crunching.
Source: tatoeba (8497648)
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