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ordinary
adjective as in common, regular
Strongest matches
Weak matches
accustomed, customary, established, frequent, grassroots, habitual, popular, prevailing, quotidian, run-of-the-mill, settled, usual, wonted
Example Sentences
We unexpectedly find ourselves in an ordinary guy’s presence after he has just gotten out of the privacy of a bathtub and is toweling himself off.
He said he had come to realise the long-term implications he had on the lives of "ordinary, innocent and decent people."
Queen kaMayisela came from an "ordinary family" - as many of the wives of Zulu kings do - in a small mining town in KwaZulu-Natal province.
"I am just an ordinary citizen. I am not here to enter politics. I came to find out the truth about my younger brother's death."
What can you say about how elites differ from ordinary people?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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