Synonyms of normal

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adjective

ˈnȯr-məl 

1

as in ordinary

being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events

that fateful day had begun just like any normal workday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ordinary
• usual
• average
• typical
• routine
• commonplace
• common
• standard
• everyday
• customary
• unremarkable
• regular
• prosaic
• familiar
• expected
• unexceptional
• run-of-the-mill
• garden-variety
• standard-issue
• workaday
• cut-and-dried
• cut-and-dry
• homely
• par for the course
• plain
• predictable
• popular
• frequent
• trivial
• natural
• unimportant
• unextraordinary
• habitual
• vulgar
• insignificant
• plain-Jane
• wonted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abnormal
• unusual
• extraordinary
• strange
• odd
• exceptional
• peculiar
• curious
• funny
• atypical
• anomalous
• out-of-the-way
• rare
• quaint
• irregular
• aberrant
• queer
• scarce
• untypical
• wild
• phenomenal
• fantastic
• weird
• bizarre
• fantastical
• outrageous
• eccentric
• outstanding
• unconventional
• wacky
• idiosyncratic
• unorthodox
• prominent
• unique
• striking
• unprecedented
• conspicuous
• offbeat
• freakish
• notable
• signal
• novel
• freak
• whacky
• salient
• singular
• outré
• unparalleled
• recherché
• oddball
• way-out
• unexampled
• nonconformist
• Kafkaesque
• far-out
• kooky
• kookie

2

as in stable

having full use of one's mind and control over one's actions

if you run around screaming like that, no one will think you are normal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stable
• lucid
• rational
• sane
• reasonable
• healthy
• balanced
• logical
• sensible
• right
• analytical
• compos mentis
• clearheaded
• analytic
• coherent
• wise
• sound
• clear
• judicious
• even-keeled
• well-adjusted
• levelheaded
• well-balanced
• unneurotic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mental
• insane
• crazy
• unbalanced
• mad
• deranged
• crazed
• demented
• maniacal
• aberrant
• lunatic
• wacky
• screwy
• whacky
• disordered
• nutty
• psychotic
• maniac
• strange
• unsound
• neurotic
• schizophrenic
• odd
• loopy
• disturbed
• loony
• balmy
• paranoid
• eccentric
• delirious
• cracked
• cuckoo
• daft
• nuts
• crackbrained
• delusional
• schizoid
• wacko
• certifiable
• off
• unreasonable
• daffy
• obsessive-compulsive
• dotty
• psycho
• batty
• oddball
• cranky
• loco
• scatty
• paranoidal
• irrational
• delusionary
• paranoic
• moonstruck
• looney
• bughouse
• paranoiac
• queer
• foolish
• schizo
• crackpot
• depressed
• brainsick
• pixilated
• senseless
• whacko
• frantic
• nuclear
• fruity
• witless
• meshugah
• frenzied
• hysterical
• gaga
• mixed-up
• meshuga
• schizzy
• ballistic
• potty
• hysteric
• meshugge
• meshuggah
• distracted
• distraught
• berserk
• despondent
• bananas
• pixillated
• schizy
• obsessed
• ape
• raving
• fixated
• monomaniacal
• haywire
• wigged-out
• monomaniac
• amuck
• amok

3

as in typical

having or showing the qualities associated with the members of a particular group or kind

she has normal reading abilities for a child her age

Synonyms & Similar Words

• typical
• average
• standard
• usual
• regular
• true
• characteristic
• ordinary
• representative
• archetypal
• conventional
• archetypical
• customary
• common
• classic
• everyday
• predictable
• commonplace
• routine
• expected
• familiar
• habitual
• predominant
• unremarkable
• workaday
• wonted
• unexceptional
• vintage
• textbook
• preponderant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abnormal
• atypical
• anomalous
• unusual
• deviant
• irregular
• aberrant
• special
• uncommon
• untypical
• extraordinary
• unconventional
• unique
• rare
• unexpected
• remarkable
• exceptional
• infrequent
• unfamiliar
• unpredictable
• distinctive
• unwonted
• noteworthy
• nontypical
• singular
• unknown
• nonrepresentative
• peculiar
• eccentric
• especial
• idiosyncratic
• strange
• unorthodox
• uncustomary
• odd
• funny
• curious
• nonconformist
• erratic
• quirky
• outlandish
• unnatural
• wacky
• screwy
• oddball
• funky
• weird
• bizarre
• offbeat
• outrageous
• wild
• fantastical
• fantastic
• freakish
• out-of-the-way
• freak
• whacky
• way-out
• outré
• kooky
• far-out
• kookie

normal

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noun (1)

as in average

what is typical of a group, class, or series

a temperature chart showing the normals and extremes for various regions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• average
• norm
• standard
• usual
• ordinary
• median
• mean
• par
• rule
• middle
• status quo
• commonplace
• golden mean
• representative
• run
• exemplar

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deviation
• exception
• abnormality
• anomaly
• rarity

normality

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noun (2)

as in normalcy

the state or fact of being the way things usually are

the county slowly has returned to normality after a week of flash flooding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• normalcy
• status quo
• routine
• peace
• currency
• prevalence
• groove
• harmony
• rut
• conventionality
• orderliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abnormality
• irregularity
• unusualness
• disruption
• deviance
• disturbance
• uncommonness
• disruptiveness
• disorderliness
• extraordinariness
• unconventionality
• anomalousness
• remarkableness
• noteworthiness
• exceptionalness

Examples of normal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Newsweek emailed representatives for Slater for comment on Thursday outside of normal business hours. —Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024

What's next: Daytime temperatures will dip into more normal ranges this weekend, with the mercury dropping back to the 50s and 60s. —Sam Allard, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024

Noun

Now, this recent outing at the Beverly Hills Hotel could be seen as a step towards establishing a new normal for their blended family. —Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 14 Sep. 2024

Bibi’s One Life concept, which includes another five shows across Europe through late September, establishes a new normal for the previously globe-trotting DJ, with Bibi now playing a very select number of shows, most of them during the day and early evening. —Katie Bain, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2024