Ordinary Synonyms

78 ordinary synonyms include usual, normal, standard, typical, stock, common, customary, habitual, accustomed, and expected. Ordinary is an adjective, and its antonyms are unusual, extraordinary, unique, and exceptional. Here are some additional synonyms for "ordinary" with example sentences.

Another word for Ordinary

78 other ways to say ordinary.

1. typical

2. normal

  • workaday  
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  • vanilla  
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  • unremarkable  
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  • unpretentious  
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  • unmemorable  
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  • uninteresting  
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  • uninspiring  
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  • unexceptional  
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  • uneventful  
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  • undistinguished  
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  • typical
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  • suburban  
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  • standard
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  • stale  
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  • so-so  
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  • simple
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  • run-of-the-mill  
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  • quotidian  
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  • prosaic  
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  • plain vanilla  
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  • plain  
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  • pedestrian  
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  • ornery  
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  • OK
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  • not up to much  
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  • nothing to write home about  
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  • normal
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  • nondescript  
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  • no great shakes  
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  • mundane
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  • modest
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  • middling  
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  • middle-of-the-road  
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  • mediocre
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  • mainstream  
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  • indifferent
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  • humdrum  
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  • homespun  
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  • homely  
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  • hacky  
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  • hackneyed  
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  • garden-variety  
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  • dull
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  • corny  
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  • conventional
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  • commonplace  
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  • common or garden  
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  • common  
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  • colourless  
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  • characterless  
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  • boring
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  • bog-standard  
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  • bland  
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  • average
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  • a dime a dozen  
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Use ordinary in a Sentence

He led an ordinary life in town.

ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things.

She prefers ordinary moments over extravagant ones.

The meal was surprisingly ordinary and bland.