| uncommon | | |
| adj. | 1. uncommon | not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind.; "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability" |
| ~ especial, exceptional, particular, special | surpassing what is common or usual or expected.; "he paid especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a matter of particular and unusual importance"; "a special occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special about the year 2000?" |
| ~ rare | not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness.; "a rare word"; "rare books" |
| ~ red-carpet, red carpet | special treatment or hospitality.; "the maitre d' gave them the red-carpet treatment" |
| ~ unusual | not commonly encountered.; "two-career families are no longer unusual" |
| ~ unwonted | out of the ordinary.; "an unwonted softness in her face" |
| ~ unusual | not usual or common or ordinary.; "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite" |
| ~ extraordinary | beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable.; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature" |
| adj. | 2. rare, uncommon | marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind.; "what is so rare as a day in June"; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree" |
| ~ extraordinary | beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable.; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature" |
| ordinary | | |
| n. (person) | 1. ordinary | a judge of a probate court. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ judge, jurist, justice | a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice. |
| n. (state) | 2. ordinary | the expected or commonplace condition or situation.; "not out of the ordinary" |
| ~ condition | a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing.; "the human condition" |
| n. (person) | 3. ordinary | a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death. |
| ~ clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend | a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. ordinary, ordinary bicycle | an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel. |
| ~ bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. ordinary | (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields. |
| ~ bend dexter, bend | diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left. |
| ~ armorial bearing, heraldic bearing, bearing, charge | heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield. |
| ~ fess, fesse | (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield. |
| ~ heraldry | the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies. |
| ~ bend sinister, bar sinister | a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left. |
| adj. | 6. ordinary | not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree.; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine" |
| ~ common | having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual.; "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap" |
| ~ usual | occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.; "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime" |
| ~ middling, mediocre, average, fair | lacking exceptional quality or ability.; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best" |
| ~ banausic | (formal) ordinary and not refined.; "he felt contempt for all banausic occupations" |
| ~ characterless, nondescript | lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting.; "women dressed in nondescript clothes"; "a nondescript novel" |
| ~ common | to be expected; standard.; "common decency" |
| ~ commonplace | completely ordinary and unremarkable.; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities" |
| ~ cut-and-dried, cut-and-dry | according to ordinary expectations. |
| ~ everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday | found in the ordinary course of events.; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute" |
| ~ so-so, indifferent | being neither good nor bad.; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French" |
| ~ mine run, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine, unexceptional | not special in any way.; "run-of-the-mill boxing"; "your run-of-the-mine college graduate"; "a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career" |
| adj. | 7. average, ordinary | lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered.; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street" |
| ~ common | having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual.; "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap" |
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