regular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: regʹyo͝olər
ipa: /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə(ɹ)/
note: Indic
enpr: regʹ(y)o͝olər
ipa: /ˈrɛɡ.(j)ʊ.ləʳ/
note: Indic
enpr: regʹyələr
enpr: regʹlər
ipa: /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ/
ipa: [ˈɹɛɡ.jɪ̈.lɚ]
ipa: /ˈɹɛɡ.l̩ɚ/
ipa: [ˈɹɛɡ.l̩ɚ]
rhymes: -ɛɡjʊlə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɛɡjələ(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɛɡələ(ɹ)
Forms: form: more regular
form: most regular
form: reg'lar
form: reg
form: reg.
Etymology: 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”).
Senses: examples: text: regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy
text: 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.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 201:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).
synonyms: word: equable
word: uniform
word: unvarying
word: consistent
word: equable
word: equal
word: even
word: even-keeled
word: monotonous
word: regular
word: samely
word: stable
word: steady
word: uncheckered
word: uniform
word: unvaried
word: unvarying
antonyms: word: chaotic
word: irregular
word: steady
glosses: Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size
raw_tags: of a polygon
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
raw_tags: of a polyhedron
examples: text: April may be the cruellest month, but I am planning to render it civilised and to take my antibiotics in a regular manner.
ref: 2011 April 12, A[lison] L[ouise] Kennedy, The Guardian:
synonyms: word: in order
word: ruly
word: tidy
word: in order
word: neat
word: neat and tidy
word: neat as a new pin
word: neat as a pin
word: nice as ninepence
word: orderly
word: prest
word: regular
word: ruly
word: shipshape
word: tidy
word: tight
word: tiptop
word: tosh
word: trig
word: trim
word: well-kept
antonyms: word: chaotic
word: tumultuous
word: orderly
glosses: Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a moon or other satellite: following a relatively close and prograde orbit with little inclination or eccentricity.
synonyms: decent
seemly
well-mannered
antonyms: degenerate
irregular
glosses: Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.).
examples: text: He made regular visits to go see his mother.
synonyms: word: cyclical
word: frequent
word: cyclic
word: cyclical
word: periodic
word: periodical
word: regular
antonyms: irregular
noncyclic
glosses: Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.
examples: text: "Walked" is the past tense of the regular verb "to walk".
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: weak
antonyms: word: irregular
word: strong
qualifier: etc
glosses: Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language.
raw_tags: of a verb
examples: text: “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.
ref: 1868-69, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 21, in Little Women, part 1:
text: For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: basic
word: common
word: unremarkable
word: average
word: banal
word: basic
word: bog-standard
word: common
word: commonplace
word: common-or-garden
word: congruent
word: consistent
word: conventional
word: customary
word: everyday
word: expected
word: garden variety
word: mundane
word: natural
word: normal
word: ordinary
word: plain
word: regular
word: routine
word: run-of-the-mill
word: standard
word: true
word: typical
word: uniform
word: unexceptional
word: unremarkable
word: unstrange
word: usual
word: vulgar
word: average
word: banal
word: basic
word: bog standard
word: common
word: common as bums
word: common as muck
word: commonplace
word: common-or-garden
word: common or garden variety
word: conventional
word: dime a dozen
word: everyday
word: familiar
word: garden variety
word: general
word: nonrare
word: normal
word: par for the course
word: pedestrian
word: plain
word: plain Jane
word: plain vanilla
word: quotidian
word: regular
word: routinary
word: routine
word: standard
word: standard issue
word: ten a penny
word: two a penny
word: typical
word: usual
word: run-of-the-mill
word: workaday
antonyms: word: irregular
word: outlandish
word: weird
word: common
word: familiar
word: inevitable
word: intermediate
word: moderate
word: normal
glosses: Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.
topics: government
military
politics
war
antonyms: irregular
glosses: Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.
examples: text: Maintaining a high-fibre diet keeps you regular.
text: 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.
ref: 2015, Bill Bryson, The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island, page 206:
glosses: Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way.
examples: text: a regular genius; a regular John Bull
text: Don't worry, boy. We're gonna set you straight. By tomorrow morning, you'll be a regular Burt Reynolds.
ref: 1997 February 16, Ron Hauge, Homer's Phobia (The Simpsons), season 8, episode 15, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta):
synonyms: word: absolute
word: thorough
word: unalloyed
word: abject
word: frightful
word: absolute
word: arrant
word: categoric
word: categorical
word: complete
word: consummate
word: downright
word: full
word: full-blown
word: full-bore
word: full-on
word: mere
word: outright
word: out-and-out
word: perfect
word: proper
word: pure
word: rank
word: regular
word: right
word: root and branch
word: sheer
word: straight-out
word: thorough
word: thoroughgoing
word: total
word: unadulterated
word: unalloyed
word: unattenuated
word: uncompromising
word: unconditional
word: unfettered
word: unmitigated
word: unqualified
word: unreserved
word: unrestricted
word: utter
word: wholesale
glosses: Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.
examples: text: a regular flower; a regular sea urchin
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
topics: chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Isometric.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
snowboarding
sports
antonyms: goofy
glosses: Riding with the left foot forward.
topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.
raw_tags: of a Borel measure
qualifier: commutative algebra
glosses: Noetherian and such that the minimal number of generators of the maximal ideal is equal to the Krull dimension of the ring.
raw_tags: of a local ring
topics: algebraic-geometry
geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Such that the local ring at every point is regular.
raw_tags: of a scheme
synonyms: absolutely flat
glosses: A von Neumann regular: such that every left module (over the given ring) is flat.
raw_tags: of a ring
Coordinate terms: topics: snowboarding
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: switch
Derived terms: antiregular
biregular
equiregular
extraregular
hyperregular
on a regular basis
on the regular
overregular
preregular
proregular
regioregular
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
regularness
regular open
regular order
regular polygon
regular prime
regular script
regular space
regular star macromolecule
regular tessellation
regular verb
semi-regular
stereoregular
subregular
superregular
unregular
Related terms: word: nap the regulars
word: quasiregular
word: rail
word: regal
word: régime
word: regimen
word: regularity
word: regularly
word: regulate
word: regulation
word: rule
word: semiregular
english: not etymologically related but has semantic associations
translation: not etymologically related but has semantic associations
word: register