everyday

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˌɛvrɪˈdeɪ/ 🇺🇸 /ˈɛvriːˈdeɪ/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Encountered or used routinely or typically; ordinary; commonplace; not unusual or special.; Of or relating to the ordinary, routine aspects of daily life; mundane.; Suitable for or used on ordinary days rather than special occasions.; Commonplace; unremarkable; lacking distinction or novelty.
  2. noun
    The ordinary, routine aspects of daily life; the commonplace.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Collocations

everyday lifeeveryday useeveryday languageeveryday objectseveryday routineeveryday experience

Derivatives

everydayness

Synonyms

ordinarycommonplaceroutinemundanequotidianrun-of-the-mill

Antonyms

extraordinaryexceptionalunusual

Commonly confused

every day
EN: 'Everyday' (one word) is an adjective meaning 'ordinary/routine'; 'every day' (two words) is an adverbial phrase meaning 'each day' (e.g., 'I exercise every day').

Spelling tips

EN: The most common error is writing 'everyday' when 'every day' (two words) is needed. Use 'everyday' only as an adjective before a noun (e.g., 'everyday clothes'); use 'every day' when it means 'each day' (e.g., 'I wear them every day').

💬 Examples

  1. She wore her everyday clothes to the grocery store.

  2. The novel depicts the everyday struggles of working-class families.

  3. This is my everyday bag, not the one I use for formal events.

  4. His everyday remarks failed to impress the audience.

  5. The artist sought beauty in the everyday.