routine

²rou·tine

adj \rü-ˈtēn, ˈrü-ˌ\

Definition of ROUTINE

1

: of a commonplace or repetitious character : ordinary <routine problems>

2

: of, relating to, or being in accordance with established procedure <routine business>

— rou·tine·ly adverb

Examples of ROUTINE

1. The surgery has become a very routine operation and poses little danger.
2. He criticized her routine absence from important meetings.
3. The more you do it, the more routine it becomes.
4. They hire high-school students for routine work such as filing.
5. Data entry becomes routine very quickly.

First Known Use of ROUTINE

1817

Related to ROUTINE

Synonyms: average, common, commonplace, cut-and-dried (also cut-and-dry), everyday, garden-variety, normal, prosaic, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, standard, standard-issue, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday

Antonyms: abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, odd, out-of-the-way, strange, unusual

Related Words: regular, typical, unextraordinary; familiar, homely, plain, plain-Jane, popular, vulgar; natural; customary, wonted; insignificant, trivial, unimportant; frequent, habitual; expected, predictable

Near Antonyms: curious, funny, peculiar, quaint, queer; aberrant, anomalous, atypical, irregular, untypical; rare, recherché, scarce; fantastic (also fantastical), phenomenal; bizarre, far-out, Kafkaesque, outrageous, outré, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, wild; eccentric, idiosyncratic, kooky (also kookie), nonconformist, oddball, offbeat, unconventional, unorthodox; freak, freakish; conspicuous, notable, novel, outstanding, prominent, salient, signal, striking, unexampled, unprecedented; singular, unique, unparalleled

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