- 3. Common, usual, ordinary.
- 4. Vague, indefinite, lax, ill-defined, inexact, inaccurate.
General, n.
- 1. Whole, total.
- 2. (Mil.) Commander-in-chief, generalissimo, captain-general.
- 3. (Mil.) General officer (brigadier, major-general, lieutenant-general).
Generalissimo, n. Commander-in-chief, general, captain-general.
Generality, n.
- 1. Universality, generic extent.
- 2. Bulk, mass, greater part, main body, common run.
Generally, ad.
- 1. Commonly, usually, in general, in the usual course of things, as the world goes, in most cases.
- 2. In the main, without particularizing, without details.
Generate, v.a.
- 1. Beget, procreate, engender, breed, propagate.
- 2. Produce, form, make, beget, engender, breed, cause, bring about, bring into existence.
Generation, n.
- 1. Procreation.
- 2. Production, formation.
- 3. Progeny, offspring, succession of descendants.
- 4. Family, stock, race, breed.