generic
Meaning of generic
adjective
- characteristic of or relating to a class or group of things; not specific.
chèvre is a generic term for all goat's milk cheese
- relating to a genus.
- a consumer product having no brand name or registered trademark.
substituting generics for brand-name drugs
late 17th century: from French générique, from Latin genus, gener- ‘stock, race’.
Information about generic
- The plural form of generic is: generics.
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Hyphenation of generic
generic
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- generic is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
generic synonyms
Meaning affecting or concerning all or most people or things; widespread:
Meaning occurring, found, or done often; prevalent:
Meaning done by people acting as a group:
Meaning including all the services or items normally expected or required:
Meaning having a distance larger than usual from side to side; wide:
Meaning including or dealing with all or nearly all elements or aspects of something:
Meaning covering all cases or instances; total and inclusive:
Meaning a device consisting of a circular canopy of cloth on a folding metal frame supported by a central rod, used as protection against rain:
Meaning extending or performed in a long, continuous curve:
Meaning relating to or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; applicable to all cases:
Meaning relating to more than one branch of knowledge:
Meaning combining or involving several academic disciplines or professional specializations in an approach to a topic or problem:
generic antonyms
Meaning clearly defined or identified:
Translation of generic
- German: allgemein, generisch, arttypisch, gattungsmäßig, artmäßig, exemplarisch
- Spanish: genérico, universal, genérica
- French: générique
- Portuguese: genérico
- Italian: generica, generico, esemplificativo
Anagrams of generic
Words that rhyme with generic
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