Generic ibuprofen is just as effective as name-brand ibuprofen.
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Generic
/ˈdʒɛn(ə)rɪk/
Synonyms for "generic" (83 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(6 words)
Adjective(3 words)
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Adjective(2 words)
Noun(9 words)
generalgeneral termgeneric wineless distinctiveless individualizedmass producedmass-produced garmentmass-produced itemsmass-produced pencils
Adjective(9 words)
general casegeneral chemistry laboratorygeneral descriptorgeneral english labelgeneral notiongeneral textgeneralist museumimpersonalmass-produced kits
Verb(1 words)
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Noun(15 words)
Adjective(10 words)
non-specific approachnoncultivar-focusednonethnic foodsnonidentifying traitoff-the-rackoff-the-rack shopperstore bought skirtunclassified signundifferentiated organismundifferentiated work
Adjective(7 words)
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22 total sentences available.
She purchased a generic version of a medication.
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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.
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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.
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