generic

Plural: generics

Noun

• A product, often a drug, sold without a brand name.
• 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
• any product that can be sold without a brand name
• A product sold under a generic name.
• A wine that is a combination of several wines, or made from a combination of several grape varieties.
• A term that specifies neither male nor female.
• The part of a toponym that identifies the feature's type.

Adjective

• relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus
  • "the generic name"

Adjective Satellite

• (of drugs) not protected by trademark
  • "`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'"
• applicable to an entire class or group
  • "is there a generic Asian mind?"

Adj

• Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances.
• lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise
• not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.
• Pertaining to genera of life instead of particular species thereof.
• Relating to gender.
• specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene; unisex.
• Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.
• Having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.
• Relating to genre.
• Having no distinguishing characteristics; unoriginal

Examples

• "That movie was so generic; it was so such a bore"
• Capri pants can be a generic term for any cropped slim pants.
• There are scores of generic names within the order Decapoda, which includes many sea creatures that are called shrimp.
• This included criticism of the generic use of man to include men and women.
• While not as flashy as ’ZYMURGY’, a solid GENERIC word like ’FENCE’ still earns good points.
• Words like salesperson and firefighter are generic.

Synonyms

generic wine, blend#Noun, broad, catholic, classic, ecumenical, fuzzy, general, generic, indefinite, nonsingular, nonspecific, unbranded, universal, unparticular, unsingular, unspecific, vague

Antonyms

varietal, varietal wine, branded, concrete, gendered, instantial, non-generic, particular, proprietary, specific, varietal#Noun

Related Words

comprehensive, gender, genus

Anagrams of generic