Ordinary

//ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi//

Synonyms for "ordinary" (406 found)

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Closest matches (82)

Strong matches (121)

cross cross moline crown curious current customary cut and dried daily dead decent demeaning device difference differencing different disadvantaged dominant dorm dormitory doss house

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Adjective(3 words)

exoteric indifferent intraordinary

Noun(1 words)

hierarch

Related words (203)

mantling many many times marshaling martlet mascle master matter-of-fact mean medial median medium metal middle-class middle-of-the-road middling military judge mill minor moderate

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modest monotonous motto mullet mundane natural no great shakes nombril point nonclerical nondescript norm normal normative not rare obtaining octofoil odd of common occurrence offbeat oft-repeated oftentime ombudsman or original orle orthodox outlandish pale paly pandemic passable pean peasant peculiar pedestrian penny farthing pension pheon philistine picturesque plain plastic plebeian poetryless police judge pop popular posada practical predominant predominating prescribed prescriptive presiding judge prevailing prevalent probate judge prosaic prosing prosy provincial pub public public house puisne judge pure pure and simple purpure quaint quarter quartering quotidian rampant rare received recorder recurrent regnant regular regulation reigning rife roadhouse rooming house rose routine rude ruling run-of-mine run-of-the-mill running sable saltire scutcheon second rank second string secondary self-service service servile set shabby-genteel shield simple singular spread eagle standard staple status quo stereotyped stock strange striking sub subaltern subject subordinary subordinate subservient suburban tame tavern tenne the common the commonplace the normal the ordinary the usual thick-coming third rank third string third-estate time-honored tincture tiresome tolerable torse traditional tressure trite typical uncommon unconventional underprivileged undistinguished unembellished uneventful unexceptional unexpected unfamiliar ungenteel unicorn unidealistic unimaginative unimpassioned uninspired unique universal unnoteworthy unpoetic unpoetical unpretentious unprofessional unrefined unromantic unspectacular unusual vair vapid vernacular vert vice-chancellor vulgar weird widespread wonted workaday workday wreath yale

Noun(2 words)

ordinary bicycle penny farthing

Adjective(1 words)

standard issue

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

13 entries

armorial bearing bearing bicycle bike charge condition cycle heraldic bearing judge jurist justice reverend wheel

Antonyms

12 entries

exceptional extraordinary fancy normal special spectacular strange unbelievable unique unusual weird

Synonyms

5 entries

commonplace everyday mediocre run of mill usual

coordinate

1 entries

proper

derived

28 entries

in ordinary infraordinary intra-ordinary intraordinary nonordinary onry ordinarily ordinariness ordinarity ordinary course of business ordinary differential equation ordinary form ordinary language ordinary language philosophy ordinary magisterium ordinary number

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distinct from

7 entries

extra ornate rare special unique unusual weird

has context

7 entries

australia christianity heraldry historical law legal new zealand

is a

5 entries

bicycle charge clergyman condition judge

related to

59 entries

adjective anything anything else average bad basic basic simple being being plain bicycle coat of arms common common person commonplace customary day

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similar

34 entries

average banausic characterless common commonplace cut and dried cut-and-dried cut-and-dry everyday fair indifferent mediocre

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Translations

137 translations across 67 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

alledaags adj (normal, routine)
gewoon adj (normal, routine)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἀγελαῖος adj (normal, routine)
ἀγελαῖος adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)

Arabic

2 entries

عَادِيّ adj (normal, routine)
مَأْلُوف adj (normal, routine)

Armenian

2 entries

հասարակ adj (normal, routine)
սովորական adj (normal, routine)

Asturian

1 entries

ordinariu adj (normal, routine)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

adi adj (normal, routine)

Bashkir

1 entries

ябай adj (normal, routine)

Belarusian

1 entries

звыча́йны adj (normal, routine)

Bengali

2 entries

সাধারণ adj (normal, routine)
সাধারণ adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)

Bulgarian

4 entries

норма́лен adj (normal, routine)
обикнове́н adj (normal, routine)
обикнове́н adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)
обича́ен adj (normal, routine)

Burmese

2 entries

သာမည adj (normal, routine)
သာမန် adj (normal, routine)

Catalan

1 entries

ordinari adj (normal, routine)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

平凡 adj (normal, routine)
平常 adj (normal, routine)
普通 adj (normal, routine)

Cornish

1 entries

sempel adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)

Czech

1 entries

obyčejný adj (normal, routine)

Danish

1 entries

slet og ret adj (normal, routine)

Dutch

2 entries

alledaags adj (normal, routine)
gewoon adj (normal, routine)

Esperanto

1 entries

ordinara adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)

Finnish

2 entries

tavallinen adj (normal, routine)
airutkuvio noun (standard geometric design in heraldics)

French

4 entries

ordinaire adj (normal, routine)
ordinaire adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)
quelconque adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)
pièce noun (standard geometric design in heraldics)

Galician

2 entries

ordinario adj (normal, routine)
peza noun (standard geometric design in heraldics)

Georgian

3 entries

უბრალო adj (normal, routine)
ჩვეულებრივი adj (normal, routine)
ჩვეული adj (normal, routine)

German

3 entries

gewöhnlich adj (normal, routine)
normal adj (normal, routine)
Heroldsbild noun (standard geometric design in heraldics)

Greek

2 entries

κοινός adj (normal, routine)
συνηθισμένος adj (normal, routine)

Hebrew

1 entries

רָגִיל adj (normal, routine)

Hindi

4 entries

मामूली adj (normal, routine)
साधारण adj (normal, routine)
साधारण adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)
सामान्य adj (normal, routine)

Hungarian

3 entries

rendes adj (normal, routine)
szokásos adj (normal, routine)
mesteralak noun (standard geometric design in heraldics)

Ido

1 entries

kustumala adj (normal, routine)

Ingrian

1 entries

jokapäiväin adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)

Irish

4 entries

coitianta adj (normal, routine)
gnách adj (normal, routine)
gnáth adj (normal, routine)
normálta adj (normal, routine)

Italian

3 entries

ordinaria adj (normal, routine)
ordinario adj (normal, routine)
pezza noun (standard geometric design in heraldics)

Japanese

3 entries

平凡な adj (normal, routine)
普通な adj (normal, routine)
通常な adj (normal, routine)

Kalmyk

1 entries

эңгин adj (normal, routine)

Kazakh

3 entries

дағдылы adj (normal, routine)
кәдімгі adj (normal, routine)
әдеттегі adj (normal, routine)

Khmer

2 entries

ធម្មតា adj (normal, routine)
សាមញ្ញ adj (normal, routine)

Korean

3 entries

보통의 adj (normal, routine)
일상적 adj (normal, routine)
정규의 adj (normal, routine)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

кадимки adj (normal, routine)
күндөлүк adj (normal, routine)

Latin

2 entries

cotidianus adj (normal, routine)
ordinarius adj (normal, routine)

Latvian

2 entries

ikdienišķs adj (normal, routine)
parasts adj (normal, routine)

Lithuanian

2 entries

paprastas adj (normal, routine)
įprastas adj (normal, routine)

Macedonian

2 entries

обичен adj (normal, routine)
ординарија noun (standard geometric design in heraldics)

Malayalam

2 entries

സാധാരണ adj (normal, routine)
സാധാരണ adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)

Māori

2 entries

māori adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)
waimeha adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)

Norman

1 entries

ordinnaithe adj (normal, routine)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

vanlig adj (normal, routine)

Old English

1 entries

ġewunelīċ adj (normal, routine)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

بیاغی adj (normal, routine)
بیاغی adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)

Persian

2 entries

ساده adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)
عادی adj (normal, routine)

Polish

2 entries

zwykły adj (normal, routine)
figura heraldyczna noun (standard geometric design in heraldics)

Portuguese

2 entries

normal adj (normal, routine)
ordinário adj (normal, routine)

Romanian

3 entries

normal adj (normal, routine)
ordinar adj (normal, routine)
uzual adj (normal, routine)

Russian

3 entries

обы́чный adj (normal, routine)
обыкнове́нный adj (normal, routine)
обыкнове́нный adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)

Sanskrit

2 entries

साधारण adj (normal, routine)
सामान्य adj (normal, routine)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

òbičan adj (normal, routine)
о̀бичан adj (normal, routine)

Shan

1 entries

သမ်ႇမၺႃႉ adj (normal, routine)

Slovak

1 entries

obyčajný adj (normal, routine)

Slovene

2 entries

navaden adj (normal, routine)
običajen adj (normal, routine)

Spanish

3 entries

del montón adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)
ordinario adj (normal, routine)
pieza noun (standard geometric design in heraldics)

Swedish

3 entries

ordinär adj (normal, routine)
vanlig adj (normal, routine)
häroldsbild noun (standard geometric design in heraldics)

Tagalog

4 entries

karaniwan adj (normal, routine)
karaniwan adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)
ordinaryo adj (normal, routine)
ordinaryo adj (having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane)

Tajik

1 entries

оддӣ adj (normal, routine)

Thai

1 entries

สามัญ adj (normal, routine)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

nating adj (normal, routine)

Turkish

2 entries

olağan adj (normal, routine)
sıradan adj (normal, routine)

Ukrainian

2 entries

зви́чний adj (normal, routine)
звича́йний adj (normal, routine)

Urdu

3 entries

سادھارن adj (normal, routine)
عام adj (normal, routine)
معمولی adj (normal, routine)

Uzbek

2 entries

odatdagi adj (normal, routine)
oddiy adj (normal, routine)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

To take an express train, we have to get an express ticket in addition to an ordinary ticket.

Source: tatoeba (19612)

Women who, at first glance, appear to be completely ordinary also don't seem to be in that much of a rush to get married.

Source: tatoeba (27823)

The doctors say the dying man would have kicked the bucket hours ago if he were an ordinary man, but he is still defying death.

Source: tatoeba (28023)

Please come in an ordinary dress.

Source: tatoeba (38822)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.