Ordinary synonyms

Average, accustomed, ok, and a dime a dozen are all synonyms for ordinary. Unusual, extraordinary, unique, and exceptional are these antonyms of ordinary. And here are another 79 synonyms for ordinary.

Another word for ordinary

1. typical

  • Accustomed
  • Common
  • Customary
  • Daily
  • Day-to-day
  • Established
  • Everyday
  • Expected
  • Fixed
  • Habitual
  • Normal
  • Quotidian
  • Regular
  • Routine
  • Set
  • Settled
  • Standard
  • Stock
  • Traditional
  • Typical
  • Usual
  • Wonted
  • Prevailing

2. normal

  • OK
  • A dime a dozen
  • Average
  • Bland
  • Bog-standard
  • Boring
  • Characterless
  • Colourless
  • Common or garden
  • Common
  • Commonplace
  • Conventional
  • Corny
  • Dull
  • Garden-variety
  • Hackneyed
  • Hacky
  • Homely
  • Homespun
  • Humdrum
  • Indifferent
  • Mainstream
  • Mediocre
  • Middle-of-the-road
  • Middling
  • Modest
  • Mundane
  • No great shakes
  • Nondescript
  • Normal
  • Not up to much
  • Nothing to write home about
  • Pedestrian
  • Plain vanilla
  • Plain
  • Prosaic
  • Quotidian
  • Run-of-the-mill
  • Simple
  • So-so
  • Stale
  • Standard
  • Suburban
  • Typical
  • Undistinguished
  • Uneventful
  • Unexceptional
  • Uninspiring
  • Uninteresting
  • Unmemorable
  • Unpretentious
  • Unremarkable
  • Vanilla
  • Workaday
  • Ornery

Ordinary sentences

He led an ordinary life in town.

The meal was surprisingly ordinary and bland.

She prefers ordinary moments over extravagant ones.

Ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things.


Similar to ordinary

Word Opposites Synonyms
Subordinate Central, major, chief Lower-ranking, junior
Marginalized Empowered, included Excluded, discriminated
Never ending Temporary, finite Incessant, continuous
Destination Origin, starting point Journey's end, end of the line
Affordable Expensive, overpriced Inexpensive, budget-friendly
Inability Ability, capability Lack of ability, incapability
Preceding Following, subsequent Previous, prior
Imagination Reality, fact Imaginative faculty, creative power
Misunderstanding Harmony, clarity, agreement Misinterpretation, misconstruction
Finding Loss, omission Discovery, location
Narrative Silence, summary Account, story
Final First, initial Last, closing
Narrow Wide, broad, spacious Small, tapered
Contrary to In line with, consistent with Opposed to, in contrast to
Contrary Compatible, same Opposite, opposing
Vary Agree be static Differ, be different
Rewarding Unrewarding, disappointing, unfulfilling Satisfying, gratifying
Demanding Easy, effortless Difficult, challenging
Criminal Lawful, commendable Lawbreaker, offender
Temporary Permanent, lasting Non-permanent, short-term
Surrounding Isolated, distant Encircling, encompassing
Contemporary Old-fashioned, out of date Representative, classic
Inappropriate Appropriate, suitable Unsuitable, unfitting
Scenario Reality, certainty Plot, outline
Summary Lengthy, in full Synopsis, precis
In order to In spite of, without To, so as to
Primary Secondary, subordinate Main, chief
Inadequate Adequate, sufficient, competent Insufficient, not enough
Discrimination Inclusion, equality Prejudice, bias
Fascinate Bore, repel Engross, captivate
Fascinating Boring, dull Engrossing, captivating
Sustainable Unsustainable, exhaustible Renewable, viable
Dominant Subservient, submissive Presiding, ruling
Unnecessary Essential, necessary Abundant, ample
Order Chaos, disorder Sequence, arrangement
Original Latest, last First, earliest
Extraordinary Ordinary, negligible Remarkable, exceptional
Combination Separation, division Amalgamation, amalgam
Including Excluding, omitting Incorporating, encompassing
Building Demolishing, destruction Structure, construction
Outstanding Mediocre, unexceptional Excellent, marvellous
Finally Immediately, firstly, initially Eventually, ultimately
Regarding Ignoring, disregarding Concerning, about
Finance Debt, economic instability Financial affairs, money matters
Trading Retaining, accumulating Exchanging, bartering
Cord blood Adult blood, maternal blood Umbilical cord blood, neonatal blood
Necessary Unnecessary, non-essential, dispensable Obligatory, requisite
According to In opposition to, counter to In accord with, in accordance with
Accordingly Inappropriately, unsuitably Appropriately, correspondingly
Abounding Be scarce, meagre, scanty Be plentiful, be abundant