English Explanatory Dictionary

usual

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Most commonly occurring; typical.
noun
  1. The typical state of something, or something that is typical.
  2. A specific good or service (e.g. a drink) that someone typically orders.

Pronunciation

/ˈjuː.ʒʊəl/ /ˈju.ʒuəl/ /ˈju.ʒ(w)əl/ en-us-usual.ogg

Word forms

usual more usual most usual uzhe uzh yoozh usuals

Etymology

From Middle English usual, from Old French usuel, from Latin ūsuālis (“for use, fit for use, also of common use, customary, common, ordinary, usual”), from ūsus (“use, habit, custom”), from the past participle stem of ūtī (“to use”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt- (“to take along, fetch”). Displaced native Old English ġewunelīċ.

Synonyms

ordinary plain regular simple standard typical wonted average basic bog-standard common common as bums common as dirt common as muck common as pig tracks dime a dozen everyday frequent general habitual nonrare par for the course pedestrian quotidian routinary routine ten a penny two a penny usual workaday medial commonplace common-and-garden common-or-garden congruent consistent conventional customary expected garden variety improminent mundane natural normal plain vanilla run-of-the-mill standard issue unexceptional unremarkable unstrange vulgar wakeaday

Antonyms

abnormal atypical unusual

Related words

usuality

Derived words

as per the usual as per usual as usual business-as-usual business as usual unusual usual channels usually usualness usual office usual offices usual suspects uzhe yewzh
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