garden variety

See also: garden-variety

English

Alternative forms

garden-variety

Pronunciation

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Adjective

garden variety (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Ordinary, common, or unexceptional.
I can usually recover from a garden variety cold with rest and fluids.

Noun

garden variety (plural garden varieties)

(idiomatic) An ordinary, standard kind.

Synonyms

(ordinary, common, unexceptional): bog standard, everyday, normal, plain vanilla, standard issue, common-or-garden, common or garden variety
See also Thesaurus:common

Antonyms

(ordinary, common, unexceptional): abnormal, exotic, extraordinary, ideal, rare

Translations

ordinary

German: Feld-Wald-und-Wiesen-, Feld-, Wald- und Wiesen-, Wald- und Wiesen-
Hungarian: közönséges (hu), egyszerű (hu), hétköznapi (hu), (informal, jocular) mezei (hu)

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