All garden-variety synonyms
gar·den-va·ri·e·ty
G g adj garden-variety
- average — An average is the result that you get when you add two or more numbers together and divide the total by the number of numbers you added together.
- common — If something is common, it is found in large numbers or it happens often.
- commonplace — If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising.
- conventional — Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal.
- cut-and-dried — prepared or settled in advance; not needing much thought or discussion: a cut-and-dried decision.
- dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- fair — free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge.
- familiar — well-acquainted; thoroughly conversant: to be familiar with a subject.
- formulaic — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- garden — Alexander, 1730?–91, U.S. naturalist, born in Scotland.
- generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- habitual — of the nature of a habit; fixed by or resulting from habit: habitual courtesy.
- homespun — spun or made at home: homespun cloth.
- household — the people of a house collectively; a family including its servants.
- humble — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- indifferent — without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
- inferior — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
- mean — to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- modest — having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
- garden variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
- no great shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- p — the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.