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generic

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of generic

belonging or relating to the whole

a love of big things—big cars, big meals—seems to be a generic trait of the American people

Synonyms of generic

across-the-board, blanket, broad-brush, common, general, global, overall, universal

Words Related to generic

all-embracing, broad, broad-gauge (or broad-gauged), broadscale, comprehensive, extensive, inclusionary, overarching, pervasive, sweeping, ubiquitous, wholesale, wide, widespread

aggregate, collective, complete, full, plenary

planetary, worldwide

Near Antonyms of generic

component, constituent

cross-sectional, divisional, fragmentary, partial

local, localized, regional, sectional

Antonyms of generic

individual, particular

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