ordinary
Meaning of ordinary
- with no special or distinctive features; normal.
he sets out to depict ordinary people
it was just an ordinary evening
- (especially of a judge or bishop) exercising authority by virtue of office and not by deputation.
- what is commonplace or standard.
their clichés were vested with enough emotion to elevate them above the ordinary
- a judge who exercises authority by virtue of office and not by deputation.
- a member of the clergy, such as an archbishop in a province or a bishop in a diocese, with immediate jurisdiction.
- those parts of a Roman Catholic service, especially the Mass, which do not vary from day to day.
- any of the simplest principal charges used in coats of arms (especially chief, pale, bend, fess, bar, chevron, cross, saltire).
- short for ordinary share.
- a meal provided at a fixed time and price at an inn.
- a penny-farthing bicycle.
late Middle English: the noun partly via Old French; the adjective from Latin ordinarius ‘orderly’ (reinforced by French ordinaire ), from ordo, ordin- ‘order’.
Information about ordinary
- The plural form of ordinary is: ordinaries.
- Languages in which ordinary is used:
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Hyphenation of ordinary
or-di-nary
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- ordinary is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
ordinary synonyms
Meaning average:
Meaning habitually or typically occurring or done; customary:
Meaning conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected:
Meaning used or accepted as normal or average:
Meaning having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing:
Meaning (of a product or type of product) usually kept in stock and thus regularly available for sale:
Meaning occurring, found, or done often; prevalent:
Meaning according to the customs or usual practices associated with a particular society, place, or set of circumstances:
Meaning regular; usual:
Meaning customary; usual:
Meaning regarded as likely; anticipated:
Meaning habitual; usual:
Meaning commonplace:
Meaning used, done, or happening on a habitual basis; usual:
Meaning performed as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason:
Meaning done, produced, or occurring every day or every weekday:
Meaning having existed or done something for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted:
Meaning resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem):
Meaning put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position:
Meaning fastened securely in position:
Meaning existing in or as part of a tradition; long-established:
Meaning ordinary or everyday; mundane:
Meaning existing at a particular time; current:
ordinary antonyms
Meaning deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable or worrying:
Translation of ordinary
- Italian: comune, ordinario, quotidiano
- German: gemein, verbreitet, alltäglich
- French: commun, courant, quotidien
- Portuguese: comum, ordinário, diário
- Spanish: diario, cotidiano, común, ordinario
Words that rhyme with ordinary
Nary, nary, Canary, canary, granary, panary, physicianary, McNary, Benary, Centenary, Trenary, avenary, bicentenary, bimillenary, catenary, centenary, concatenary, coparcenary, coparenary, cursenary, decenary, denary, duodenary, mercenary, millenary, nonagenary, nonmercenary, novenary, novocentenary, octenary, octingenary, octingentenary, octocentenary, octogenary, parcenary, plenary, prolegomenary, quadringenary, quatercentenary, quincentenary, quingentenary, quinquagenary, quinquecentenary, quinquenary, scenary, semicentenary, senary, septcentenary, septemdecenary, septenary