ordinary (n.)
- achievement
- annulet
- argent
- armory
- arms
- assessor
- average
- azure
- bandeau
- bar
- baton
- bend
- billet
- blazon
- blazonry
- boardinghouse
- bourgeois
- canton
- central
- chancellor
- chaplet
- charge
- chevron
- chief
- classic
- classical
- cockatrice
- cockney
- common
- commonplace
- consuetudinary
- convention
- coronet
- cover
- crescent
- crest
- cross
- crown
- current
- device
- difference
- dominant
- dorm
- dormitory
- eagle
- eccentric
- epidemic
- ermine
- escutcheon
- extraordinary
- fair
- falcon
- familiar
- fess
- field
- file
- flat
- fleabag
- fleur-de-lis
- flophouse
- frequentative
- fret
- fur
- fusil
- garden
- garland
- general
- griffin
- helmet
- homespun
- hospice
- hostel
- hostelry
- hotel
- household
- humdrum
- impalement
- inferior
- inn
- intermediary
- intermediate
- junior
- label
- less
- lion
- low
- lower
- lozenge
- mantling
- many
- master
- mean
- median
- medium
- metal
- middling
- minor
- moderate
- motto
- mullet
- natural
- nondescript
- norm
- normal
- odd
- offbeat
- ombudsman
- or
- original
- pale
- pandemic
- pean
- peasant
- pedestrian
- pension
- plain
- plastic
- plebeian
- pop
- prosy
- provincial
- pub
- public
- pure
- quarter
- quartering
- rare
- recorder
- regnant
- regular
- regulation
- rife
- roadhouse
- rose
- routine
- rude
- ruling
- running
- sable
- saltire
- scutcheon
- secondary
- self-service
- service
- set
- shield
- simple
- singular
- standard
- stock
- striking
- sub
- subaltern
- subject
- subordinate
- tavern
- tincture
- unicorn
- unique
- universal
- vernacular
- vert
- weird
- workday
- wreath
- yale
ordinary (adj.)
- accepted
- accustomed
- argent
- average
- azure
- banal
- bar
- baseborn
- bend
- bizarre
- bourgeois
- campy
- central
- chaste
- chief
- classic
- classical
- cockney
- common
- commonplace
- conformable
- conventional
- cover
- crescent
- cross
- crown
- curious
- current
- customary
- demeaning
- different
- disadvantaged
- dominant
- dull
- eagle
- eccentric
- epidemic
- established
- everyday
- exceptional
- expected
- extraordinary
- fair
- familiar
- field
- flat
- frequent
- garden
- general
- habitual
- homely
- homespun
- humble
- humdrum
- inferior
- insipid
- intermediate
- junior
- kitschy
- less
- lesser
- lion
- low
- lowborn
- lowbred
- lowly
- many
- master
- matter-of-fact
- mean
- medial
- median
- mediocre
- medium
- metal
- middle-class
- middle-of-the-road
- middling
- minor
- moderate
- modest
- mundane
- natural
- nondescript
- normal
- normative
- odd
- offbeat
- or
- original
- outlandish
- pale
- pandemic
- passable
- pean
- peculiar
- pedestrian
- picturesque
- plain
- plastic
- plebeian
- pop
- popular
- predominant
- prescribed
- prescriptive
- prevailing
- prevalent
- prosaic
- prosy
- provincial
- public
- pure
- quaint
- quotidian
- rampant
- rare
- received
- recurrent
- regnant
- regular
- regulation
- reigning
- rife
- rose
- routine
- rude
- ruling
- run-of-the-mill
- running
- sable
- secondary
- self-service
- service
- servile
- set
- shabby-genteel
- simple
- singular
- standard
- stereotyped
- stock
- strange
- striking
- subaltern
- subject
- subordinate
- subservient
- suburban
- time-honored
- tiresome
- traditional
- typical
- uncommon
- unconventional
- underprivileged
- undistinguished
- unembellished
- uneventful
- unexceptional
- unexpected
- unfamiliar
- unimaginative
- unimpassioned
- uninspired
- unique
- universal
- unpretentious
- unrefined
- unremarkable
- unromantic
- unspectacular
- unusual
- usual
- vapid
- vernacular
- vert
- vulgar
- weird
- widespread
- wonted
- workaday
That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in; and the best of me is diligence.
Choice word and measured phrase above the reach
Of ordinary men.
