extraordinary

 
  Grep  of  noun  extraordinary 
  envoy  extraordinary 
 
  Overview  of  adj  extraordinary 
 
  The  adj  extraordinary  has  3  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (12)  extraordinary  --  (beyond  what  is  ordinary  or  usual;  highly  unusual  or  exceptional  or  remarkable;  "extraordinary  authority";  "an  extraordinary  achievement";  "her  extraordinary  beauty";  "enjoyed  extraordinary  popularity";  "an  extraordinary  capacity  for  work";  "an  extraordinary  session  of  the  legislature") 
  2.  (2)  extraordinary  --  (far  more  than  usual  or  expected;  "an  extraordinary  desire  for  approval") 
  3.  (1)  extraordinary  --  ((of  an  official)  serving  an  unusual  or  special  function  in  addition  to  those  of  the  regular  officials;  "an  ambassador  extraordinary") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  extraordinary 
 
  3  senses  of  extraordinary 
 
  Sense  1 
  extraordinary  (vs.  ordinary) 
 
  ordinary  (vs.  extraordinary) 
  =>  average,  fair,  mediocre,  middling 
  =>  banal,  commonplace,  trivial 
  =>  banausic 
  =>  characterless,  nondescript 
  =>  common 
  =>  cut-and-dried,  cut-and-dry 
  =>  everyday,  mundane,  quotidian,  routine,  unremarkable,  workaday 
  =>  average,  fair,  mediocre,  middling 
  =>  indifferent,  passable,  so-so(prenominal),  tolerable 
  =>  run-of-the-mill,  run-of-the-mine,  unexceptional 
  =>  commonplace 
 
  Sense  2 
  extraordinary 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  immoderate)  ->  moderate 
 
  Sense  3 
  extraordinary(prenominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unusual)  ->  usual 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  extraordinary 
 
  3  senses  of  extraordinary 
 
  Sense  1 
  extraordinary  (vs.  ordinary) 
  =>  bonzer 
  =>  exceeding,  exceptional,  olympian,  prodigious,  surpassing 
  =>  fantastic,  howling(postnominal),  marvelous,  marvellous,  rattling(postnominal),  terrific,  tremendous,  wonderful,  wondrous 
  =>  fantastic,  phenomenal 
  =>  one(postnominal) 
  =>  preternatural 
  =>  pyrotechnic 
  =>  rare  uncommon 
  =>  remarkable,  singular 
  =>  some 
  =>  special 
  =>  wonderworking 
  =>  frightful 
  =>  great 
  Also  See->  incomparable#1,  uncomparable#1;  uncommon#1;  unusual#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  extraordinary 
  =>  immoderate  (vs.  moderate) 
 
  Sense  3 
  extraordinary(prenominal) 
  =>  unusual  (vs.  usual) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  extraordinary 
 
  1  of  3  senses  of  extraordinary 
 
  Sense  1 
  extraordinary  (vs.  ordinary) 
  =>  ordinariness 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  extraordinary 
 
  extraordinary  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  extraordinary 
  extraordinary 
 
  Overview  of  adj  extraordinary 
 
  The  adj  extraordinary  has  3  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (12)  extraordinary  --  (beyond  what  is  ordinary  or  usual;  highly  unusual  or  exceptional  or  remarkable;  "extraordinary  authority";  "an  extraordinary  achievement";  "her  extraordinary  beauty";  "enjoyed  extraordinary  popularity";  "an  extraordinary  capacity  for  work";  "an  extraordinary  session  of  the  legislature") 
  2.  (2)  extraordinary  --  (far  more  than  usual  or  expected;  "an  extraordinary  desire  for  approval") 
  3.  (1)  extraordinary  --  ((of  an  official)  serving  an  unusual  or  special  function  in  addition  to  those  of  the  regular  officials;  "an  ambassador  extraordinary") 

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