generic

Meaning

Adj

1. Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances.
2. Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.
3. Not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.
4. Pertaining to genera of life instead of particular species thereof.
5. Relating to gender.
6. (nonstandard) Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene; unisex.
7. Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.
8. Having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.
9. Relating to genre.
10. Having no distinguishing characteristics; unoriginal

Noun

1. A product sold under a generic name.
2. A wine that is a combination of several wines, or made from a combination of several grape varieties.
3. A term that specifies neither male nor female.
4. The part of a toponym that identifies the feature's type.

Opposite of

specific, instantial, varietal#Noun

Synonyms

general

universal

general-purpose

generic wine

fish

🐟

tribal

kangaroo

🦘

racial

common

frog

🐸

all-purpose

girl

👧

interchangeable

joint

kin

man

👨

me-too

multipurpose

all-around

omnibus

overall

popular

prevailing

public

rife

single

snake

🐍

specific

widespread

Catholic

generic drug

general purpose

national

all-mains

nonproprietary

white label

generical

mutual

all-embracing

all-round

bird

🐦

broad

collateral

communal

concerted

frequent

generalized

generically

Translations

générique

genérico

generico

generisch

genèric

generiek

genérico

allgemein

commun

γενικός

Generikum

generica

artmäßig

auswählbar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʒɪˈnɛɹɪk/

Etymology

From Middle French générique, from Latin genus (“genus, kind”) + -ic; thus morphologically parallel with, and a doublet of, general.