Englishgeneral
adjective
1 they are moderately priced and suitable for general use:
widespread, common, extensive, universal, wide, popular, public, mainstream, prevalent, prevailing, rife, established, well established, conventional, traditional, traditionalist, orthodox, accepted;
in circulation, in force, in vogue.
▷antonyms restricted.
2 a general pay increase:
comprehensive, overall, across the board, blanket, umbrella, mass, total, complete, wholesale, sweeping, panoramic, broad, broad-ranging, extended, inclusive, all-inclusive, all-around, generic, outright, encyclopedic, indiscriminate, catholic;
universal, global, worldwide, international, nationwide, countrywide, coast-to-coast, company-wide.
▷antonyms localized.
3 a general store | general knowledge:
miscellaneous, mixed, assorted, variegated, diversified, composite, heterogeneous.
▷antonyms specialist.
4 it is the general practice for players to receive all the prize money:
usual, customary, habitual, traditional, normal, conventional, typical, standard, regular;
familiar, accepted, prevailing, routine, run-of-the-mill, fixed, set, established, confirmed, everyday, ordinary, common, stock, well worn, time-honored;
popular, favorite.
▷antonyms exceptional.
5 most guidebooks give only a general description of the island:
broad, imprecise, inexact, rough, sweeping, overall, loose, basic, approximate, nonspecific, unspecific, vague, hazy, fuzzy, woolly, ill-defined, indefinite, unfocused;
North American, informal ballpark;
rare undetailed.
▷antonyms detailed.
□ in general
1 he was in general an excellent friend:
generally, normally, as a (general) rule, in the general run of things, by and large, more often than not, almost always, in the main, mainly, mostly, for the most part, in most cases, most of the time, predominantly, on the whole;
usually, habitually, customarily, standardly, routinely, regularly, typically, ordinarily, commonly, conventionally, traditionally, historically.
▷antonyms occasionally.