Synonyms of standard-issue

standard-issue

adjective

ˈstan-dərd-ˈi-(ˌ)shü 

as in normal

being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events

another standard-issue thriller with a man on the run desperately trying to find the baddie who framed him for murder

Synonyms & Similar Words

• normal
• usual
• ordinary
• typical
• average
• standard
• commonplace
• routine
• common
• unremarkable
• prosaic
• customary
• garden-variety
• run-of-the-mill
• regular
• familiar
• everyday
• unexceptional
• workaday
• cut-and-dried
• expected
• plain
• par for the course
• homely
• popular
• predictable
• plain-Jane
• frequent
• vulgar
• trivial
• unimportant
• habitual
• unextraordinary
• insignificant
• natural
• wonted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unusual
• strange
• extraordinary
• odd
• abnormal
• exceptional
• peculiar
• atypical
• out-of-the-way
• quaint
• curious
• rare
• funny
• anomalous
• queer
• aberrant
• scarce
• irregular
• bizarre
• phenomenal
• wild
• fantastic
• outrageous
• weird
• idiosyncratic
• eccentric
• prominent
• unconventional
• untypical
• notable
• outstanding
• conspicuous
• unorthodox
• unique
• striking
• recherché
• wacky
• unprecedented
• outré
• salient
• novel
• oddball
• signal
• singular
• offbeat
• way-out
• kooky
• unparalleled
• far-out
• freakish
• Kafkaesque
• nonconformist
• freak
• unexampled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of standard-issue

Caught unprepared for chemical warfare and lacking standard-issue gas masks, Allied soldiers improvised by covering their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs or pieces of cloth drenched in water or urine. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

Check out our Dorm, Transformed guide to turning a standard-issue dorm room into home for the year. — Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 27 July 2026

At its best, the film rebuffs standard-issue 1950s heteronormativity, validating queerness at a moment when the Motion Picture Production Code forbade explicit reference to it. — Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 June 2026

While the actors and their stunt doubles display impressive moves, and Claudia Sarne’s industrial electronica score keeps the action churning, the many clashes are mostly generic, seldom packing much of a visceral wallop, and the effects work is strictly standard-issue. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026