Thesaurus:normal
English
Adjective
Sense: according to norms or rules; having no special characteristics or function
Synonyms
- average
- medial
- basic
- bog-standard (derogatory)
- common [⇒ thesaurus]
- commonplace
- common-and-garden (UK, idiomatic)
- common-or-garden (UK, Ireland)
- congruent
- consistent
- conventional
- customary
- everyday
- expected
- garden variety (idiomatic)
- improminent
- mundane [⇒ thesaurus]
- natural
- normal
- ordinary
- par for the course (idiomatic)
- plain
- plain vanilla (idiomatic)
- quotidian
- regular
- routine
- run-of-the-mill (idiomatic)
- standard [⇒ thesaurus]
- standard issue
- typical
- unexceptional
- unremarkable
- unstrange
- usual
- vulgar
- wakeaday
- workaday
Antonyms
Hyponyms
Various
Instances
- mainstreamer [⇒ thesaurus]
- mundane [⇒ thesaurus]
- standard thing [⇒ thesaurus]
Usage notes
There is strong cross-over between Thesaurus:normal and Thesaurus:common with many entries shared by both pages. However, Common refers to frequency of occurrence while Normal refers to the characteristics of any individual instance.
See also
- Thesaurus:agreeable
- Thesaurus:common
- Thesaurus:inevitable
- Thesaurus:intermediate
- Thesaurus:moderate
- Thesaurus:normally
- Thesaurus:normality
Translations
- Portuguese: Thesaurus:ordinário
Further reading
- “80. normality” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “normal” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.