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standard
Synonyms and Antonyms of standard
- A standard bandage is all that that wound needs.
par for the course
curious, funny, peculiar, quaint, queer
aberrant, anomalous, atypical, irregular, untypical
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
conspicuous, notable, outstanding, prominent, salient, signal, striking, unexampled, unprecedented
- He's pretty much your standard high-school jock.
archetypal (also archetypical), average, characteristic, normal, regular, representative, true, typical
uncommon, unconventional, uncustomary, unusual, unwonted
distinctive, especial, exceptional, extraordinary, infrequent, noteworthy, rare, remarkable, singular, special, unexpected, unfamiliar, unique, unpredictable
eccentric, idiosyncratic, peculiar, unorthodox
curious, odd, oddball, offbeat, outlandish, quirky, screwy, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out
bizarre, fantastic (also fantastical), far-out, freak, freakish, kooky (also kookie), out-of-the-way, outrageous, rare, unnatural, weird, wild
- standard procedure
standard
Synonyms and Antonyms of standard
- The animation in that movie set the standard against which all later animated cartoons were judged.
- a ship flying the queen's standard
- somewhat shorter than the standard for boys that age
Synonym Discussion of standard
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- standards of behavior
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- questioned the critic's criteria for excellence
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- polls as a gauge of voter dissatisfaction
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- housing construction as a yardstick of economic growth
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- fine service is one touchstone of a first-class restaurant
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