ubiquitous

ubiquitous

adjective

Definition of UBIQUITOUS

1

often observed or encountered <by that time cell phones had become ubiquitous, and people had long ceased to be impressed by the sight of one>

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

present in all places and at all times <was weary of the ubiquitous noise of the big city and longed for the quiet of the country>

Synonyms ubiquitous, universal, wall-to-wall

Related Words boundless, endless, fathomless, horizonless, illimitable, immeasurable, immensurable, indefinite, infinite, limitless, measureless, unbounded, unfathomable, unlimited; extensive, far-flung, widespread

Near Antonyms bounded, circumscribed, confined, finite, limited, measured, narrow, restricted