ordinary

Meaning

Noun

1. A person with authority; authority, ordinance.
2. (obsolete) A person with authority; authority, ordinance.
3. A person with authority; authority, ordinance.
4. (historical) A person with authority; authority, ordinance.
5. (obsolete) Something ordinary or regular.
6. (historical) Something ordinary or regular.
7. (archaic, historical) Something ordinary or regular.
8. Something ordinary or regular.
9. Something ordinary or regular.
10. (Ireland, Scotland) Something ordinary or regular.
11. (historical) Something ordinary or regular.
12. Something ordinary or regular.
13. (alt-of) Something ordinary or regular.
14. (obsolete) A book setting out ordinary or regular conduct.
15. (especially) A book setting out ordinary or regular conduct.

Adj

1. Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
2. Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
3. Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory.
4. (Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, informal) Bad or undesirable.

Synonyms

common

usual

regular

normal

commonplace

average

plain

mediocre

general

customary

everyday

simple

familiar

habitual

routine

conventional

vulgar

medium

trivial

indifferent

unremarkable

banal

universal

casual

primary

run-of-the-mill

ordinary bicycle

humdrum

prosaic

pedestrian

natural

obvious

easily obtained

moderate

standard

lowly

mean

workaday

undistinguished

typical

unexceptional

true

stock

informal

same

trite

popular

humble

homely

quotidian

Translations

ordinaire

gewöhnlich

ordinario

ordinario

gewoon

común

alltäglich

commun

banal

ordinário

normal

comune

normal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɔːdɪnəɹi/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman ordenarie, ordenaire et al., Middle French ordinaire, and their source, Medieval Latin ordinarius, noun use of Latin ōrdinārius (“regular, orderly”), from ōrdō (“order”).