| regular | | |
| n. (person) | 1. fixture, habitue, regular | a regular patron.; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture" |
| ~ frequenter, patron | a regular customer. |
| n. (person) | 2. regular | a soldier in the regular army. |
| ~ soldier | an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army.; "the soldiers stood at attention" |
| n. (person) | 3. regular | a dependable follower (especially in party politics).; "he is one of the party regulars" |
| ~ political science, politics, government | the study of government of states and other political units. |
| ~ follower | a person who accepts the leadership of another. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. regular | a garment size for persons of average height and weight. |
| ~ size | the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing).; "he wears a size 13 shoe" |
| adj. | 5. regular | in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle.; "his regular calls on his customers"; "regular meals"; "regular duties" |
| ~ first-string | of members of a team; not substitutes. |
| ~ rule-governed, lawful | according to custom or rule or natural law. |
| ~ prescribed, official | conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline.; "in prescribed order" |
| ~ stock, standard | regularly and widely used or sold.; "a standard size"; "a stock item" |
| ~ timed | regularly spaced in time.; "closely timed intervals" |
| ~ uniform | evenly spaced.; "at regular (or uniform) intervals" |
| ~ weak | (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection. |
| ~ well-ordered | ordered well.; "well-ordered work habits" |
| ~ rhythmic, rhythmical | recurring with measured regularity.; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"; "rhythmical prose" |
| ~ symmetric, symmetrical | having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts. |
| ~ systematic | characterized by order and planning.; "the investigation was very systematic"; "a systematic administrator" |
| adj. | 6. regular, veritable | often used as intensifiers.; "a regular morass of details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable swine" |
| ~ typical | exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category.; "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"; "a typical romantic poem"; "a typical case of arteritis" |
| adj. | 7. regular | conforming to a standard or pattern.; "following the regular procedure of the legislature"; "a regular electrical outlet" |
| ~ standard | conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind.; "windows of standard width"; "standard sizes"; "the standard fixtures"; "standard brands"; "standard operating procedure" |
| adj. | 8. regular | regularly scheduled for fixed times.; "at a regular meeting of the PTA"; "regular bus departures" |
| ~ scheduled | planned or scheduled for some certain time or times.; "the scheduled meeting"; "the scheduled flights had to be cancelled because of snow" |
| adj. | 9. regular | in accord with regular practice or procedure.; "took his regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime" |
| ~ 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" |
| adj. | 10. even, regular | occurring at fixed intervals.; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing" |
| ~ steady | not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer" |
| adj. | 11. regular, steady | relating to a person who does something regularly.; "a regular customer"; "a steady drinker" |
| ~ frequent | coming at short intervals or habitually.; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints" |
| adj. | 12. regular | (used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces.; "the regular army" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ standing | permanent.; "a standing army" |
| adj. | 13. regular | (of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula. |
| adj. | 14. regular, unconstipated | not constipated. |
| ~ diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic, diarrhoetic | of or relating to diarrhea. |
| ~ lax, loose | emptying easily or excessively.; "loose bowels" |
| adj. | 15. even, regular | symmetrically arranged.; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon" |
| ~ symmetric, symmetrical | having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts. |
| adj. | 16. regular | not deviating from what is normal.; "her regular bedtime" |
| ~ normal | conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal.; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events" |
| adj. | 17. regular | officially full-time.; "regular students" |
| ~ full-time | for the entire time appropriate to an activity.; "a full-time job" |
| regulate | | |
| v. (change) | 1. modulate, regulate | fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of.; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| v. (social) | 2. govern, order, regularise, regularize, regulate | bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations.; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" |
| ~ standardize, standardise | cause to conform to standard or norm.; "The weights and measures were standardized" |
| ~ decide, make up one's mind, determine | reach, make, or come to a decision about something.; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations" |
| ~ district, zone | regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns. |
| v. (cognition) | 3. determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape | shape or influence; give direction to.; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" |
| ~ dispose, incline | make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief.; "Their language inclines us to believe them" |
| ~ disincline, indispose | make unwilling. |
| ~ miscreate | shape or form or make badly.; "Our miscreated fantasies" |
| ~ carry weight | have influence to a specified degree.; "Her opinion carries a lot of weight" |
| ~ decide | influence or determine.; "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election" |
| ~ reshape | shape anew or differently.; "The new foreign minister reshaped the foreign policy of his country" |
| ~ time | set the speed, duration, or execution of.; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely" |
| ~ index | adjust through indexation.; "The government indexes wages and prices" |
| ~ pace | regulate or set the pace of.; "Pace your efforts" |
| ~ predetermine | determine beforehand. |
| ~ cause, do, make | give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" |
| v. (change) | 4. baffle, regulate | check the emission of (sound). |
| ~ confine, limit, throttle, restrain, trammel, bound, restrict | place limits on (extent or access).; "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" |
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