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everyday

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of everyday

1 being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events
  • We're just an everyday family, with a dog and a cat and bills to pay.
Synonyms of everyday

average, common, commonplace, cut-and-dried (also cut-and-dry), garden-variety, normal, ordinary, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday
Words Related to everyday

regular, typical, unextraordinary

familiar, homely, plain, popular, vulgar

natural

customary, wonted

insignificant, trivial, unimportant

frequent, habitual

expected, predictable
Phrases Synonymous with everyday

par for the course
Near Antonyms of everyday

curious, funny, peculiar, quaint, queer

aberrant, anomalous, atypical, irregular, untypical

rare, scarce

fantastic (also fantastical), phenomenal

bizarre, far-out, outrageous, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, wild

eccentric, idiosyncratic, kooky (also kookie), nonconformist, oddball, offbeat, unconventional, unorthodox

freak, freakish

conspicuous, notable, outstanding, prominent, salient, signal, striking, unexampled, unprecedented

singular, unique, unparalleled
Antonyms of everyday

abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, odd, out-of-the-way, strange, unusual
2 having to do with the practical details of regular life
  • Even the richest man in town has to do such everyday tasks as brushing his teeth.
Synonyms of everyday

mundane, nitty-gritty, prosaic, terrestrial, workaday
Words Related to everyday

earthly, temporal, worldly

average, common, commonplace, customary, familiar, garden, generic, normal, ordinary, plain, popular, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual

frequent, habitual, regular
Near Antonyms of everyday

high-minded, lofty, noble, sublime

aberrant, abnormal, atypical

exceptional, extraordinary, freak, peculiar, phenomenal, rare, singular, special, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, unwonted

bizarre, curious, far-out, odd, outlandish, out-of-the-way, quirky, remarkable, screwy, strange, weird, wild
3 not designed to be worn only on special occasions
  • Everyday clothes will be fine for this party.
Synonyms of everyday

casual, informal, workaday
Words Related to everyday

relaxed, sporty

dressed down

shabby, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt
Near Antonyms of everyday

best, Sunday

dressed up

chic, elegant, fashionable, smart, stylish

neat, tidy, trim

semiformal
Antonyms of everyday

dressy, formal, noncasual
4 often observed or encountered
  • The book provides solutions to everyday problems.
Synonyms of everyday

common, commonplace, familiar, frequent, garden-variety, household, ordinary, quotidian, routine, ubiquitous, usual
Words Related to everyday

normal, regular, standard

de rigueur, mandatory, obligatory

general, universal

ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, incessant, unceasing

endemic, popular, prevailing, prevalent, rampant

perennial, recurrent, repeated
Phrases Synonymous with everyday

a dime a dozen
Near Antonyms of everyday

aberrant, abnormal, irregular, unnatural

intermittent, occasional, sporadic
Antonyms of everyday

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

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