regular
Syllables: reg·u·larUK/ˈɹɛɡjʊlə//ˈɹɛɡjəlɚ/
regular adjective: bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).
Adjective
regular (comparative more regular, superlative most regular)
- Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).
- regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy
- A quarter of a million strong in 1680, the clergy was only half as large in 1789. The unpopular regular clergy were the worst affected.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 201
- Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
- Synonyms:
- equable, uniform, unvarying, consistent, equal, even, even-keeled, monotonous, samely, stable
- Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size
- Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
- Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.
- April may be the cruellest month, but I am planning to render it civilised and to take my antibiotics in a regular manner.2011 April 12, A[lison] L[ouise] Kennedy, The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- in order, ruly, tidy, all Sir Garnet, Bristol fashion and shipshape, neat, neat and tidy, neat as a new pin, neat as a pin, nice as ninepence
- Antonyms:
- chaotic, tumultuous, cluttered, disorderly, messy, ree-raw, riotous, sluttish, tempestuous, tumultuary
- Of a moon or other satellite: following a relatively close and prograde orbit with little inclination or eccentricity.
- Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.).
- Synonyms:
- decent, seemly, well-mannered
- Antonyms:
- degenerate, irregular
- Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.
- He made regular visits to go see his mother.
- Synonyms:
- cyclical, frequent, cyclic, periodic, periodical
- Of a verb, plural, etc., following a set or common pattern; according to the general rules of a given language.
- "Walked" is the past tense of the regular verb "to walk".
- Synonyms:
- weak
- Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.
- “I don’t see how you can write and act such splendid things, Jo. You’re a regular Shakespeare!” exclaimed Beth, who firmly believed that her sisters were gifted with wonderful genius in all things.1868-69, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 21, in Little Women, part 1
- Synonyms:
- basic, common, unremarkable, average, medial, bog-standard, commonplace, common-and-garden, common-or-garden, congruent
- Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.
- Antonyms:
- irregular
- Having normal bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals.
- Maintaining a high-fibre diet keeps one regular.
- Gulls cawed and wheeled overhead, dropping splatty white cluster bombs on rooftops and pavements. Goodness knows what those gulls eat, but it certainly keeps them regular.2015, Bill Bryson, The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island, page 206
- Antonyms:
- irregular
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- Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.
- a regular genius; a regular John Bull
- Don't worry, boy. We're gonna set you straight. By tomorrow morning, you'll be a regular Burt Reynolds.1997 February 16, Ron Hauge, Homer's Phobia (The Simpsons), season 8, episode 15, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta)
- Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
- a regular flower; a regular sea urchin
- Isometric.
- Riding with the left foot forward.
- Antonyms:
- goofy
- Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.
- Noetherian and such that the minimal number of generators of the maximal ideal is equal to the Krull dimension of the ring.
- Such that the local ring at every point is regular.
- A von Neumann regular: such that every left module (over the given ring) is flat.
- Synonyms:
- absolutely flat
Adverb
regular (not comparable)
- Regularly, on a regular basis.
- Though no minister would visit the Skerburnfoot, or, if he went, departed quicker than he came, the girl Ailie attended regular at the catechising at the mains of Sker.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
- "There's only twenty men staying in the house regular," said Ahearne, showing him around[.]1946, William Hatfield, Buffalo Jim, Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege, page 47
Noun
regular (plural regulars)
- A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
- A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
- Bartenders usually know their regulars by name.
- Synonyms:
- frequenter, habitué, patron, usual suspects
- A member of the armed forces or police force.
- Synonym of regular serviceman; a member of the Singapore Armed Forces, Police Force or Civil Defence Force who has signed on, i.e., chosen to work full-time beyond their required length of national service.
- Boss, this is the situation. They were regulars in the army. They’ve left the army and are taxi drivers now. He was a commando and he was a state boxer. They don’t earn much and there’s no end.2004, Ong Lay Jinn, 00:24:49 from the start, in Perth: The Geylang Massacre
- Synonym of regular serviceman; a member of the Singapore Armed Forces, Police Force or Civil Defence Force who has signed on, i.e., chosen to work full-time beyond their required length of national service.
- A frequent customer, client or business partner.
- This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars.
- A character who appears in every episode of a TV series; a member of the regular cast.
- When it comes to regulars, some shows feature ensemble casts in which all the characters are more or less equal and the focus of the show shifts from one member of the ensemble to another from episode to episode.2013, Ray Morton, A Quick Guide to Television Writing, Bloomsbury, →ISBN
- A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
- Anything that is normal or standard.
- You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars, some are shooters, and some are peewees.2011, Jamie MacLennan, ZhaoHui Tang, Bogdan Crivat, Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
- A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.
- A number for each year, giving, added to the concurrents, the number of the day of the week on which the Paschal full moon falls.
- A fixed number for each month serving to ascertain the day of the week, or the age of the moon, on the first day of any month.
regular meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
regular in Hindi
- demonstrating consistent set of rules
- नियमित niymit
- having a constant pattern
- नियमित niymit
- happening at constant intervals
- नियमित niymit
regular in Tamil
- வழக்கமான, எப்பொழுதும் போல
regular in Marathi
- having a constant pattern
- नियमित niyamit
- happening at constant intervals
- नियमित niyamit
regular in Urdu
- regular, standard, proper
- باقاعدہ bāqāydā
- regular, usual
- معمولی ma'mūlī
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- regular in Bengali
- নিয়মিত niyômitô
- regular in Telugu
- అనులోమము anulōmamu
- regular in Malayalam
- കൃത്യമായ, ക്രമീകൃത, ഒരേമാതിരിയിരിക്കുന്ന, പതിവായ
- regular in Kannada
- ಓಜೆಯ, ಬಳಕೆಯಾದ, ಕಟ್ಟಲೆಯ, ಎಂದಿನ
- regular in Punjabi
- ਮਾਮੂਲੀ māmūlī
- regular in Gujarati
- નિયમિત
- regular in Odia
- କାଇଦା kāidā
- regular in Sanskrit
- अनुलोम anuloma, अविकल avikala
- regular in Assamese
- নিয়মীয়া niomia
- regular in Nepali
- नियमित
- regular in Arabic
- عَادِيّ ʕādiyy, مُنْتَظِمٌ muntaẓimun
- regular in Indonesian
- beraturan, reguler
- regular in Persian
- باقاعده bâqâ'ede
- regular in Myanmar
- မှန် hman
Examples of regular in a sentence
- Regular chores can be appropriate for children, given age-appropriate limits on difficulty level and time on task.
- English's regular inflection for number in plural nouns is the suffix -s.
- Regular drills can ensure that everyone knows how to exit safely in an emergency.
Synonyms of regular
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Antonyms
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Forms of regular
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more regular |
| superlative | most regular |
| alternative form | reg'lar |
| alternative form | reg |
| alternative form | reg. |
| Noun | |
| plural | regulars |
Origin of regular
From Middle English reguler, from Anglo-Norman reguler, Middle French reguler, regulier, and their source, Latin rēgulāris (“continuing rules for guidance”), from rēgula (“rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“move in a straight line”).
Words formed from regular
- antiregular
- biregular
- equiregular
- extraregular
- hyperregular
- on a regular basis
- on the regular
- overregular
- preregular
- proregular
- regioregular
- regular army
- regular as clockwork
- regular black hole
- regular closed
- regular coffee
- regular continued fraction
- regular dividend
- regular-duty
- regular element
- regular expression
- regular folk
- regular folks
- regular function
- regular graph
- regular grid
- regular guy
- regular hexahedron
- regular insulin
- regularisation
- regularise
- regularization
- regularize
- regular Joe
- regular language
- regular map
- regular muscle-prism
- regular necrophiliac
- regularness
- regular open
- regular order
- regular polygon
- regular polyhedron
- regular prime
- regular script
- regular space
- regular star macromolecule
- regular tessellation
- regular verb
- semi-regular
- stereoregular
- subregular
- superregular
- unregular
Phrases with regular
- regular guys
- regular Joes
- regular maps
- inner regular
- outer regular
- regular grids
- regular verbs
- regular armies
- regular graphs
- regular primes
- regular spaces
- regular coffees
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Questions about regular
- What does regular mean?
- Regular means bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).
- What is regular in Hindi?
- Regular in Hindi is नियमित (niymit). See Regular meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is regular?
- Regular can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce regular?
- Regular is pronounced /ˈɹɛɡjʊlə/ (UK).
Words near regular in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: regular (page history and authors); regular (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); باقاعدہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); নিয়মিত (Bengali) (page history and authors); అనులోమము (Telugu) (page history and authors); regular (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regular (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਮਾਮੂਲੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); regular (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); କାଇଦା (Odia) (page history and authors); अनुलोम (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); regular (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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