quotidian

quotidian

adjective

Definition of QUOTIDIAN

1

often observed or encountered <not content with the quotidian quarrels that other couples had, they had rows that shook the entire neighborhood>

Synonyms common or garden [chiefly British], commonplace, everyday, familiar, frequent, garden-variety, household, ordinary, quotidian, routine, ubiquitous, usual

Related Words normal, regular, standard; de rigueur, mandatory, obligatory; general, universal; ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, incessant, unceasing; endemic, popular, prevailing, prevalent, rampant; perennial, recurrent, repeated

Near Antonyms aberrant, abnormal, irregular, unnatural; intermittent, occasional, sporadic

Antonyms extraordinary, infrequent, rare, seldom, uncommon, unfamiliar, unusual

2

occurring, done, produced, or appearing every day <plagued by a quotidian coughing fit, the result of years of smoking>

Synonyms day-to-day, diurnal, quotidian

Related Words alternate, cyclic (or cyclical), intermittent, periodic, recurrent, recurring, regular; ceaseless, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, everlasting, frequent, incessant, nonstop, perpetual, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting

Near Antonyms monthly, weekly, yearly; erratic, infrequent, irregular; occasional, spasmodic, spastic, sporadic; interrupted