Nouns (1)
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general
n. a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he discussed the general but neglected the particular"
Verbs (1)
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general
v. command as a general; "We are generaled by an incompetent!"
Adverbs (0)
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Adjectives (6)
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general
adj. affecting the entire body; "a general anesthetic"; "general symptoms"
general
adj. prevailing among and common to the general public; "the general discontent"
general
adj. of national scope; "a general election"
general
adj. applying to all or most members of a category or group; "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader"
general
adj. not specialized or limited to one class of things; "general studies"; "general knowledge"
general
adj. somewhat indefinite; "bearing a general resemblance to the original"; "a general description of the merchandise"
Fuzzynyms (24)
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standard
adj. commonly used or supplied; "standard procedure"; "standard car equipment"
usual
adj. occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure; "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime"
everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday
adj. found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant
average, mean(a)
adj. approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"
regular
adj. in accord with regular practice or procedure; "took his regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime"
normal, average
adj. conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"
public
adj. affecting the people or community as a whole; "community leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare"
joint
adj. involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of Congress"
shared
adj. have in common; held or experienced in common; "two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately"
rife, prevailing, prevalent
adj. encountered generally especially at the present time; "the prevailing opinion was that a trade war could be averted"; "the most prevalent religion in our area"; "speculation concerning the books author was rife"
obscure, vague
adj. not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke
uncertain
adj. ambiguous (especially in the negative); "she spoke in no uncertain terms"
immodest
adj. offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance
indefinite
adj. vague or not clearly defined or stated; "must you be so indefinite?"; "amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges"; "he would not answer so indefinite a proposal"
Synonyms (10)
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generalized, generalised
adj. not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment; "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal"
central
adj. having national scope: "our central government"
federal
adj. national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units; "the Federal Bureau of Investigation"; "federal courts"; "the federal highway program"; "federal property"
solid, unanimous, whole
adj. acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid voting bloc"
undistributed
adj. (of investments) not distributed among a variety of securities
inaccurate, inexact
adj. not precisely accurate; "an inexact quotation"
Antonyms (17)
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particular, specific
n. a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general"
particular, specific
n. a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general"
local
adj. affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; "local anesthesia"
specific
adj. being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides; "quinine is highly specific for malaria"; "a specific remedy"; "a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements"
limited, special
adj. having a specific function or scope; "a special (or specific) role in the mission"
particular(a)
adj. separate and distinct from others of the same group or category; "interested in one particular artist"; "a man who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him"
peculiar(a)
adj. characteristic of one only; distinctive or special; "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney
precise
adj. sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"
unusual
adj. not usual or common or ordinary; "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite"
irregular, unusual
adj. deviating from or not conforming to type: "atypical behavior ... not the accepted type of response that we expect from children"- G. E. Gardner
individual, single
adj. being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"
precise
adj. sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"
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