generic
Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances.
Adjective 4 meanings
Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances.
“Capri pants can be a generic term for any cropped slim pants.”
Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.
Of a product or drug, 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.
“Holonym: familial”
Noun 4 meanings
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.
Etymology
From Middle French générique, from Latin genus (“genus, kind”) + -ic.
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GENERIC at a glance
GENERIC has 7 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (G 2 + E 1 + N 1 + E 1 + R 1 + I 1 + C 3) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,869 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with generic
All rhymes- ELECTRIC12
- ERIC6
- HISTORIC13
- FABRIC13
- RHETORIC13
- METRIC10
- PSYCHIATRIC23
- ATMOSPHERIC20
- LYRIC10
- GEOMETRIC14
- ECCENTRIC15
- PEDIATRIC14
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