Synonyms of a dime a dozen
101 similar words
Another word for a dime a dozen is good-for-nothing. Other synonyms of a dime a dozen are usual, tenth-rate, worthless, shit and general.
Synonyms and similar words for a dime a dozen
adjectiveSo common as to be practically or almost worthless.
- ten a pennySo common as to be practically or almost worthless.
- average
- basic
- bog-standardUtterly basic, ordinary, or standard; unremarkable, unexceptional, etc.
- common
- common as bums Australia, USVery common or mundane (in various senses).
- common as dirtExtremely common.
- common as muck UKVery common (in various senses).
- common as pig tracks
- dime a dozen Australia, US
- everyday
- frequent
- general
- habitual
- nonrareNot rare.
- par for the courseNormal; common; to be expected. (Often connotes something undesirable).
- pedestrian
- plain
- quotidian
- regular
- routinaryInvolving, or pertaining to, routine; customary.
- routine
- two a penny UKVery common; cheap.
- usualMost commonly occurring; typical.
- workaday
- not worth a dimeWorthless or nearly so: lacking in value.
- bastardly
- cacky UK, slang
- cocking vulgarOffensive or worthless.
- cruddy slang
- draffishWorthless; draffy.
- dreckishDrecky; worthless.
- dreckyTrashy, worthless.
- for the birds informalNot deserving serious consideration; unimportant; useless, worthless.
- fucking vulgar
- garbageyLike garbage; trashy, worthless.
- good-for-naughtSynonym of good-for-nothing.
- good-for-nothingUseless; worthless.
- goodless
- ineffectual
- jabberwocky
- junky
- mouldy UK
- no-account UK, USOf no value or merit; good-for-nothing; of no account.
- no good / no-good
- nonvaluableNot valuable.
- not worth a damn
- not worth a plug nickelHaving no or almost no value; worthless.
- not worth a brass farthingWorth nothing or next to nothing.
- not worth a cent
- not worth a cressWorthless.
- not worth a curseWorthless.
- not worth a ContinentalWorthless, lacking in value, especially due to economic inflation.
- not worth a farthing
- not worth a nickel
- not worth a penny
- not worth saltWorthless.
- not worth a whistleWorthless or pointless.
- of no value
- pissass vulgarWorthless, backward, undeveloped, nondescript, reprehensible, or small.
- punk US
- putidRotten; fetid; stinking; base; worthless.
- rubbishy
- scabbed
- scummy slang
- shand ScotlandWorthless.
- shit
- shitey slang, vulgarShitty, worthless.
- shitstained vulgar
- shitty-ass US, slangVery bad; worthless.
- sorry-ass slang, vulgarPitiful, worthless; utterly terrible or dire.
- strawlike figuratively
- suckworthyWorthless or inferior; sucky.
- tenth-rateOf extremely poor quality, godawful.
- toshy US, slangRubbishy, trashy; worthless.
- trinketyResembling or characteristic of a trinket; gaudy and worthless.
- tripy
- two-bit US, slang
- unappreciated
- vain
- valuelessHaving no value; worthless.
- worthlessHaving no worth or use; without value.
- worth nothing
- wutlessWorthless; good-for-nothing.
- blown obsolete
- chaffy obsolete
- crapalicious rare, slangWorthless; bad.
- cullionly obsoleteMean, worthless, vulgar or otherwise inferior.
- draffy obsoleteConsisting of, or worthy of, the dregs, i.e. worthless.
- duffing UK, obsoleteLike a duffer; incompetent or worthless.
- floccinaucinihilipilificatious humorous, rareUnimportant, worthless.
- invaluable obsolete
- mucid figuratively, rare
- naughty obsolete
- not worth hell room US, datedWorthless.
- nought obsolete
- rubbishly archaicWorthless; rubbishy.
- sixpenny dated
- screwy archaic
- triobolar obsoleteMean; worthless.
- unvaluable rare
Meaning of a dime a dozen
- adjective So common as to be practically or almost worthless.
- adjective Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see a, dime, a, dozen: sold at twelve (12) units per dime (10¢).
a dime a dozen in other languages
Questions about synonyms of a dime a dozen
- What is another word for a dime a dozen?
- A dime a dozen has 101 synonyms on Word.ws, such as good-for-nothing, usual, tenth-rate, worthless, shit, general, common and valueless.
- What does a dime a dozen mean?
- A dime a dozen means so common as to be practically or almost worthless.
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