usual
Syllables: u·su·alUK/ˈjuː.ʒʊəl//ˈju.ʒuəl/
usual adjective: most commonly occurring; typical.
Adjective
usual (comparative more usual, superlative most usual)
- Most commonly occurring; typical.
- The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China.
- It is becoming more usual these days to rear children as bilingual.
Noun
usual (countable and uncountable, plural usuals)
- The typical state of something, or something that is typical.
- A specific good or service (e.g. a drink) that someone typically orders.
- I'll just have the usual.
- Two usuals, please.
usual meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
usual in Hindi
- most commonly occurring
- प्रायिक prāyik
usual in Tamil
- வழக்கமான
usual in Marathi
- most commonly occurring
- नेहमीचे nehmīce
usual in Urdu
- usual
- رسمی rasmī, عادی 'ādī
More languagesFewer languages
- usual in Bengali
- নিত্য nityô
- usual in Telugu
- సాధారణము sādhāraṇamu, సామాన్యము sāmānyamu
- usual in Malayalam
- സാധാരണ sādhāraṇa
- usual in Kannada
- ಯಾವಾಗಿನ, ಬಳಕೆಯ, ಸಾಚಾ, ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾದ
- usual in Odia
- ଉଚିତ ucita
- usual in Arabic
- عَادِيّ ʕādiyy
- usual in Thai
- ธรรมดา tam-má-daa, เช่นเคย chêen-kəəi, สามัญ sǎa-man
- usual in Vietnamese
- bình thường
Examples of usual in a sentence
- The term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.
- The pitcher threw a cut fastball that was slower than his usual pitch.
- The French adjective marron ‘brown’ is invariable: it does not take the usual s in the plural.
Synonyms of usual
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- common
- common as bums
- common as dirt
- common as muck
- common as pig tracks
- dime a dozen
- everyday
- frequent
- general
- habitual
- nonrare
- par for the course
- pedestrian
- quotidian
- routinary
- routine
- ten a penny
- two a penny
- workaday
- medial
- commonplace
- common-and-garden
- common-or-garden
- congruent
- consistent
- conventional
- customary
- expected
- garden variety
- improminent
Antonyms
Forms of usual
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more usual |
| superlative | most usual |
| alternative form | uzhe |
| alternative form | uzh |
| alternative form | yoozh |
| Noun | |
| plural | usuals |
Origin of usual
From Middle English usual, from Old French usuel, from Latin ūsuālis (“for use, fit for use, also of common use, customary, common, ordinary, usual”), from ūsus (“use, habit, custom”), from the past participle stem of ūtī (“to use”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt- (“to take along, fetch”). Displaced native Old English ġewunelīċ.
Words formed from usual
Phrases with usual
Questions about usual
- What does usual mean?
- Usual means most commonly occurring; typical.
- What is usual in Hindi?
- Usual in Hindi is प्रायिक (prāyik). See Usual meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is usual?
- Usual can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce usual?
- Usual is pronounced /ˈjuː.ʒʊəl/ (UK).
Words near usual in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: usual (page history and authors); usual (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); رسمی (Urdu) (page history and authors); নিত্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); సాధారణము (Telugu) (page history and authors); സാധാരണ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); usual (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଉଚିତ (Odia) (page history and authors). 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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