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Antonyms for ordinary
ˈɔr dnˌɛr ior·di·na·ry
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Wiktionary
ordinaryadjective
Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane (often deprecatory).
Antonyms:
special, extraordinary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
ordinary
Common signifies frequently occurring, not out of the regular course, not exceptional; hence, not above the average, not excellent or distinguished, inferior, or even low; common also signifies pertaining to or participated in by two or more persons or things; as, sorrow is common to the race. General may signify pertaining equally to all of a class, race, etc., but very commonly signifies pertaining to the greater number, but not necessarily to all. Universal applies to all without exception; general applies to all with possible or comparatively slight exceptions; common applies to very many without deciding whether they are even a majority. A common remark is one we often hear; a general experience is one that comes to the majority of people; a universal experience is one from which no human being is exempt. It is dangerous for a debater to affirm a universal proposition, since that can be negatived by a single exception, while a general statement is not invalidated even by adducing many exceptions. We say a common opinion, common experience, a general rule, general truth, a universal law. Compare synonyms for NORMAL; USUAL.
Antonyms:
exceptional, infrequent, rare, singular, uncommon, unknown, unusualSynonyms:
common, commonplace, customary, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, normal, popular, prevalent, public, universal, usual
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
ordinary
Antonyms:
extraordinary, unusual, uncommon, superiorSynonyms:
settled, wonted, conventional, plain, inferior, commonplace, humdrum, matter of fact
Princeton's WordNet
ordinarynoun
a judge of a probate court
Antonyms:
awful, exceeding, grand, wondrous, surpassing, fantastic, marvellous, bonzer, tremendous, uncommon, extraordinary, marvelous, extraordinaire(ip), olympian, wonderful, phenomenal, remarkable, terrible, special, prodigious, exceptional, frightful, one(a), howling(a), rattling(a), great, preternatural, some, rare, pyrotechnic, singular, terrific, uncanny, wonderworkingSynonyms:
ordinary bicycleordinarynoun
the expected or commonplace condition or situation
"not out of the ordinary"
Antonyms:
rattling(a), exceptional, rare, marvelous, frightful, uncommon, bonzer, terrific, grand, extraordinary, surpassing, howling(a), awful, wonderworking, prodigious, singular, pyrotechnic, fantastic, one(a), remarkable, wondrous, uncanny, phenomenal, some, olympian, extraordinaire(ip), exceeding, tremendous, special, marvellous, wonderful, terrible, great, preternaturalSynonyms:
ordinary bicycleordinarynoun
a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
Antonyms:
fantastic, preternatural, bonzer, uncanny, howling(a), olympian, remarkable, awful, exceeding, prodigious, terrible, great, wonderworking, surpassing, uncommon, one(a), wondrous, special, some, extraordinaire(ip), wonderful, tremendous, terrific, pyrotechnic, singular, marvelous, extraordinary, exceptional, frightful, phenomenal, marvellous, rattling(a), grand, rareSynonyms:
ordinary bicycleordinary, ordinary bicyclenoun
an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
Antonyms:
extraordinary, one(a), wondrous, wonderful, howling(a), extraordinaire(ip), uncommon, special, exceeding, rattling(a), singular, rare, some, grand, frightful, terrible, tremendous, bonzer, great, prodigious, olympian, surpassing, phenomenal, pyrotechnic, marvellous, exceptional, marvelous, wonderworking, preternatural, uncanny, awful, fantastic, terrific, remarkableSynonyms:
ordinary bicycleordinaryadjective
(heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
Antonyms:
exceptional, tremendous, some, extraordinary, howling(a), awful, wonderworking, surpassing, rare, uncanny, terrific, special, one(a), terrible, uncommon, great, extraordinaire(ip), pyrotechnic, olympian, grand, frightful, remarkable, prodigious, marvelous, rattling(a), singular, wondrous, phenomenal, exceeding, marvellous, bonzer, preternatural, wonderful, fantasticSynonyms:
ordinary bicycleordinaryadjective
not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
"ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"
Antonyms:
extraordinaire(ip), tremendous, frightful, terrible, marvellous, remarkable, wonderworking, wonderful, special, howling(a), marvelous, rare, singular, bonzer, awful, fantastic, olympian, some, extraordinary, preternatural, exceptional, rattling(a), exceeding, pyrotechnic, uncommon, terrific, wondrous, one(a), prodigious, great, uncanny, surpassing, phenomenal, grandSynonyms:
averageaverage, ordinaryadjective
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
"average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"
Antonyms:
some, bonzer, awful, wonderful, wonderworking, surpassing, prodigious, special, terrible, phenomenal, uncommon, howling(a), extraordinaire(ip), frightful, terrific, marvellous, exceeding, fantastic, preternatural, one(a), rare, grand, remarkable, rattling(a), wondrous, uncanny, marvelous, exceptional, extraordinary, pyrotechnic, olympian, tremendous, great, singularSynonyms:
fair, mean(a), middling, median(a), average, mediocre, medium, modal(a), intermediate
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
ordinaryadjective
Synonyms:
common, regular, conventional, commonplace, mediocre, average, usual
Editors Contribution
curious
"i think it is ordinary for that to happen!"
i wore an ordinary blouse.
heteromorphic
How to use ordinary in a sentence?
A cat is an ordinary pet in the sight of those who don't know what it takes.
Coronavirus days are a normal day for me. I have been completely alone at home for years, a complete ban. It was as if I had been transferred from a smaller prison to a larger one, in Iran, because of the ban, all artists and journalists and even ordinary people inside Iran are afraid to even talk to me, I am completely alone, and I am always at home.
It's to give the message that 'We could be as rich if we develop the market economy', ordinary North Koreans might feel some discontent for now, seeing Kim and his aides enjoying overseas travel when they're struggling to feed themselves, but this film could give them hope at the same time.
The beauty of reading lies in its ability to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.
They feel like they have been treated with a lack of respect. That people sort of see them as these ordinary guys who accidentally got buried underground and hoped to get rich and famous off of it, and what they hope that the movie and the book will show them, will show Chile, is that they went through a war underground, that they are battled scarred.
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#209 | great | |
#273 | special | |
#1450 | grand | |
#1702 | unknown | |
#2682 | rare | |
#2767 | wonderful | |
#3734 | superior | |
#4089 | fantastic | |
#4690 | ordinary | |
#5261 | unusual | |
#6385 | exceptional | |
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#8774 | tremendous | |
#9775 | awful | |
#10655 | exceeding | |
#12244 | terrific | |
#13600 | singular | |
#14075 | uncommon | |
#19151 | marvelous | |
#21104 | phenomenal | |
#29587 | marvellous | |
#31123 | wondrous | |
#31626 | uncanny | |
#32135 | infrequent | |
#33549 | olympian | |
#46781 | surpassing | |
#51999 | prodigious | |
#54515 | frightful | |
#77106 | pyrotechnic | |
#173448 | preternatural | |
#314509 | bonzer |
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