Synonyms for normal
ˈnɔr məlnor·mal

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1. normaladjective

   Synonyms:
   Gaussian

2. normaladjective

   Antonyms:
   reverse

3. normaladjective

   Usual; ordinary

   Felicia baked the bread the normal way.

   Synonyms:
   ordinary, conventional, standard, usual

   Antonyms:
   nonstandard, unusual, unconventional

4. normaladjective

   Healthy; not sick or ill

   John is feeling normal again.

   Synonyms:
   hale, healthy, well

   Antonyms:
   poorly, ill, sick, unwell

5. normaladjective

   Perpendicular to a tangent line or derivative of a surface in Euclidean space.

   The interior normal vector of a ideal perfect sphere will always point toward the center, and the exterior normal vector directly away, and both will always be co-linear with the ray whose' tip ends at the point of intersection, which is the intersection of all three sets of points.

   Synonyms:
   orthogonal, perpendicular, right angle

   Antonyms:
   tangential

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1. normal

   That which is natural is according to nature; that which is normal is according to the standard or rule which is observed or claimed to prevail in nature; a deformity may be natural, symmetry is normal; the normal color of the crow is black, while the normal color of the sparrow is gray, but one is as natural as the other. Typical refers to such an assemblage of qualities as makes the specimen, genus, etc., a type of some more comprehensive group, while normal is more commonly applied to the parts of a single object; the specimen was typical; color, size, and other characteristics, normal. The regular is etymologically that which is according to rule, hence that which is steady and constant, as opposed to that which is fitful and changeable; the normal action of the heart is regular. That which is common is shared by a great number of persons or things; disease is common, a normal state of health is rare. Compare GENERAL; USUAL.

   Synonyms:
   common, natural, ordinary, regular, typical, usual

   Antonyms:
   abnormal, exceptional, irregular, monstrous, peculiar, rare, singular, uncommon, unprecedented, unusual

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1. normal

   Synonyms:
   regular, typical, usual, recognized, natural, ordinary

   Antonyms:
   abnormal, irregular, unnatural, exceptional, monstrous

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1. convention, normal, pattern, rule, formulaadjective

   something regarded as a normative example

   "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"

   Synonyms:
   form, expression, ruler, practice, regulation, radiation diagram, formula, dominion, principle, rule, figure, approach pattern, chemical formula, linguistic rule, shape, radiation pattern, prescript, blueprint, traffic pattern, conventionalism, conventionality, recipe, pattern, convening, convention, design

   Antonyms:
   subnormal, psychical, supranormal, deviant, brachydactylic, supernormal, unnatural, defective, irregular, vicarious, parallel, atypical, abnormal, aberrant, psychic, freakish, antidromic, anomalous, parapsychological, exceptional(a), oblique, kinky, paranormal, psychokinetic, perverted, deviate, brachydactylous

2. normaladjective

   conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal

   "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"

   Antonyms:
   aberrant, irregular, perverted, parapsychological, subnormal, unnatural, deviant, psychic, abnormal, vicarious, deviate, supernormal, brachydactylic, parallel, paranormal, atypical, oblique, kinky, defective, psychokinetic, brachydactylous, antidromic, freakish, psychical, exceptional(a), supranormal, anomalous

3. normaladjective

   in accordance with scientific laws

   Antonyms:
   anomalous, subnormal, defective, supranormal, aberrant, psychic, brachydactylic, vicarious, deviant, psychokinetic, perverted, brachydactylous, abnormal, unnatural, freakish, deviate, exceptional(a), atypical, kinky, psychical, paranormal, antidromic, supernormal, parallel, oblique, parapsychological, irregular

4. normaladjective

   being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development

   "a perfectly normal child"; "of normal intelligence"; "the most normal person I've ever met"

   Antonyms:
   perverted, exceptional(a), antidromic, parallel, unnatural, psychic, oblique, anomalous, kinky, subnormal, atypical, abnormal, paranormal, parapsychological, deviant, psychokinetic, brachydactylous, psychical, supernormal, aberrant, supranormal, freakish, deviate, irregular, brachydactylic, defective, vicarious

5. normaladjective

   forming a right angle

   Antonyms:
   oblique, aberrant, abnormal, atypical, psychokinetic, unnatural, brachydactylous, deviant, freakish, supernormal, brachydactylic, kinky, psychical, defective, subnormal, paranormal, deviate, anomalous, vicarious, supranormal, perverted, irregular, parallel, parapsychological, exceptional(a), antidromic, psychic

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1. normaladjective

   Synonyms:
   regular, analogical, according to rule

2. normaladjective

   Synonyms:
   perpendicular, vertical, erect

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1. normaladjective

   Synonyms:
   natural, regular

   Antonyms:
   abnormal, unnatural

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1. List of paraphrases for "normal":

   ordinary, usual, regular, normally, standard, normale, natural, habitual, typical, normai, fide, routine, normalcy, straight-time, customary, normality, solute, plain

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1. David Greenfield:

   Just like drinking and driving, people have a very poor perception of impact, so, in other words, people will be doing their normal thing, they'll be driving and balancing their cell phone and drinking their coffee, and they'll say to you, and they'll mean it, that they are not impacted ... but actually we know from a lot of data and research that that is absolutely not true.

2. Newt Gingrich:

   Nancy has the really complicated role, she talked to me about this one time. He looks totally normal but he is not there, and she is having to go through the whole process — they are building the library, they are trying to make sure they are preserving his legacy, and she is really at the intersection. Ronnie is not.

3. Dan Yparraguirre:

   If a disease outbreak occurs we could lose a lot more of them than we would in a normal year.

4. Shoaib Mohammed:

   We have been visiting for the last 40 years and this time there were no problems for me as a normal visitor, i didn't feel any anger against Pakistanis. Nothing.

5. Mark Viney:

   Over the last few years, it's become abundantly clear that all living animals are full of bacteria and viruses, that's the normal state of animals, and it's true of humans as well, and the vast majority of these bacteria and viruses are harmless.