ordinary (Meaning)
ordinary (n)
a judge of a probate court
the expected or commonplace condition or situation
a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
(heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
ordinary (a)
not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
ordinary (s)
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
ordinary (a.)
According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.
Common; customary; usual.
Of common rank, quality, or ability; not distinguished by superior excellence or beauty; hence, not distinguished in any way; commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as, men of ordinary judgment; an ordinary book.
ordinary (n.)
An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation.
One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop, or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death.
A judicial officer, having generally the powers of a judge of probate or a surrogate.
The mass; the common run.
That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution.
Anything which is in ordinary or common use.
A dining room or eating house where a meal is prepared for all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in distinction from one where each dish is separately charged; a table d'hote; hence, also, the meal furnished at such a dining room.
A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. Some authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. See Subordinary.
Synonyms & Antonyms of ordinary
Synonyms:
- routine
- common
- commonplace
- run-of-the-mill
- standard
- workaday
- unremarkable
- expected
- unexceptional
- regular
- prosaic
- everyday
- customary
- garden-variety
- familiar
Antonyms:
- unconventional
- scarce
- scarce
- phenomenal
- bizarre
- fantastic
- outrageous
- untypical
- weird
- idiosyncratic
- fantastical
- wild
- outrageous
- queer
- phenomenal
- irregular
- outstanding
- idiosyncratic
- untypical
- irregular
- eccentric
- unconventional
- aberrant
- fantastical
- fantastic
- quaint
- quaint
- queer
- bizarre
- weird
- outstanding
- eccentric
- wild
- aberrant
Synonyms:
- unextraordinary
- insignificant
- homely
- popular
- plain-Jane
- cut-and-dried
- plain
- trivial
- habitual
- frequent
- unimportant
- cut-and-dry
- standard-issue
- predictable
- natural
- par for the course
- vulgar
Antonyms:
- offbeat
- far-out
- unique
- unparalleled
- notable
- wacky
- whacky
- unparalleled
- freak
- recherché
- singular
- kookie
- far-out
- unprecedented
- signal
- kooky
- way-out
- recherché
- striking
- unorthodox
- prominent
- freakish
- singular
- wacky
- outré
- nonconformist
- unprecedented
- unexampled
- oddball
- freak
- conspicuous
- novel
- unorthodox
- oddball
- nonconformist
- Kafkaesque
- offbeat
- novel
- kookie
- unexampled
- kooky
- outré
- Kafkaesque
- unique
- signal
- prominent
- whacky
- salient
- notable
- conspicuous
- salient
- way-out
- freakish
- striking
ordinary Sentence Examples
- The ordinary routine of everyday life was weighing heavily on her mind.
- He was just an ordinary man with extraordinary dreams.
- The ordinary household items took on a new significance in their eyes.
- The ordinary clerk diligently completed his mundane tasks unaware of the extraordinary events unfolding around him.
- The ordinary sky that stretched above them was a canvas for their extraordinary love story.
- She longed to escape the ordinary and embrace the extraordinary possibilities that life held.
- The ordinary words he uttered carried an extraordinary weight and meaning.
- The ordinary sights and sounds of the city were a soothing balm to her troubled soul.
- The extraordinary heroism of the ordinary man shines through in the face of adversity.
- She wore the ordinary mask of normalcy, but her eyes betrayed the extraordinary emotions raging within.
FAQs About the word ordinary
a judge of a probate court, the expected or commonplace condition or situation, a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death, an early bicycle
usual, typical, average,normal, routine, common,commonplace, run-of-the-mill, standard, workaday
odd, rare, curious, funny, out-of-the-way, anomalous, out-of-the-way, strange, abnormal, funny
The ordinary routine of everyday life was weighing heavily on her mind.
He was just an ordinary man with extraordinary dreams.
The ordinary household items took on a new significance in their eyes.
The ordinary clerk diligently completed his mundane tasks unaware of the extraordinary events unfolding around him.
