One entry found for ordinary.
Entry Word: ordinary
Function: adjective
Text: 1 being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events <it was a perfectly ordinary and undistinguished shirt> Synonyms average, common, commonplace, everyday, garden, normal, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday Related Words regular, typical; familiar, homely, plain, popular, vulgar; natural; customary, wonted; insignificant, trivial, unimportant; customary, frequent, habitual; expected, predictable Near Antonyms curious, funny, peculiar, quaint, queer; aberrant, atypical, irregular; rare, scarce; fantastic, phenomenal; bizarre, far-out, outrageous, outré, weird, wild; eccentric, idiosyncratic, nonconformist, unconventional, unorthodox; freak, freakish; conspicuous, notable, outstanding, prominent, salient, signal, striking; singular, unique Antonyms abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, odd, out-of-the-way, strange, unusual 2 of average to below average quality <the pizza at that restaurant is just ordinary> -- see MEDIOCRE 1 3 often observed or encountered <an ordinary hairstyle for boys of that age> -- see COMMON 1