Generic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Relating to or descriptive of an entire group or class; general. See Synonyms at general.
  • adj. Biology Of or relating to a genus.
  • adj. Not having a brand name: generic soap.
  • adj. Of or being a drug sold under or identified by its official nonproprietary or chemical name.
  • adj. Grammar Specifying neither masculine nor feminine gender: generic nouns like waitperson and executive.
  • n. A product or substance sold under or identified by a generic name.
  • n. A wine that is a blend of several grape varieties and does not carry the name of any specific grape.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific.
  • adj. Lacking in precision, often in and evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.
  • adj. Not having a brand name.
  • adj. Of, or relating to a taxonomic genus.
  • adj. Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene.
  • adj. (Of program code) Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.
  • n. A product sold under a generic name
  • n. A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties
  • n. A term that specifies neither male nor female.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to a genus or kind; relating to a genus, as distinct from a species, or from another genus
  • adj. Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or their characteristics; -- opposed to specific.
  • adj. Not protected by trademark; -- used especially of the names of medications.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a mark of a genus, or a kind or group of similar things; comprehending a number of like things, without specifying them: opposed to specific. See genus.
  • Specifically In zoology and botany, having the taxonomic rank or classificatory value of a genus: as, a generic name or description; generic characters or differences; generic identity.
  • Relating to gender. See gender.
  • Of a general nature; applicable or referring to any unit of the kind or class; general; not special.
  • Distinctly characteristic; so marked as to constitute or denote a distinct kind.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape
  • adj. relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus
  • adj. applicable to an entire class or group
  • adj. (of drugs) not protected by trademark
  • n. any product that can be sold without a brand name
  • Equivalent
    Antonym
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wine    vino   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    genera   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Carrick    Derek    Derick    Derrick    Deryck    Eric    Erick    Erik    Garrick    Herrick   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    specific    above    multiple    functional    comprehensive    online    typical    cheap    specialize    proprietary