'Regular' definitions:
Definition of 'regular'
(from WordNet)
adjective
In accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle; "his regular calls on his customers"; "regular meals"; "regular duties" [ant: irregular]
adjective
Often used as intensifiers; "a regular morass of details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable swine" [syn: regular(a), veritable(a)]
adjective
Conforming to a standard or pattern; "following the regular procedure of the legislature"; "a regular electrical outlet"
adjective
Regularly scheduled for fixed times; "at a regular meeting of the PTA"; "regular bus departures"
adjective
In accord with regular practice or procedure; "took his regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime"
adjective
Occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing" [syn: even, regular]
adjective
Relating to a person who does something regularly; "a regular customer"; "a steady drinker" [syn: regular, steady]
adjective
(used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces; "the regular army" [ant: irregular]
adjective
(of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula [ant: irregular]
adjective
Not constipated [syn: unconstipated, regular] [ant: constipated]
adjective
Symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon" [syn: even, regular]
adjective
Not deviating from what is normal; "her regular bedtime"
adjective
Officially full-time; "regular students"
noun
A regular patron; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture" [syn: regular, habitue, fixture]
noun
A soldier in the regular army
noun
A dependable follower (especially in party politics); "he is one of the party regulars"
noun
A garment size for persons of average height and weight
Definition of 'Regular'
From: GCIDE
- Regular \Reg"u*lar\ (-l?r), a. [L. regularis, fr. regula a rule, fr. regere to guide, to rule: cf. F. r['e]gulier. See Rule.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Bot. & Zool.) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Crystallog.) Same as Isometric. [1913 Webster]
- Regular polygon (Geom.), a plane polygon which is both equilateral and equiangular.
- Regular polyhedron (Geom.), a polyhedron whose faces are equal regular polygons. There are five regular polyhedrons, -- the tetrahedron, the hexahedron, or cube, the octahedron, the dodecahedron, and the icosahedron.
- Regular sales (Stock Exchange), sales of stock deliverable on the day after the transaction.
- Regular troops, troops of a standing or permanent army; -- opposed to militia. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Normal; orderly; methodical. See Normal. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Regular'
From: GCIDE
- Regular \Reg"u*lar\ (r[e^]g"[-u]*l[~e]r), n. [LL. regularis: cf. F. r['e]gulier. See Regular, a.]
- 1. (R. C. Ch.) A member of any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church. --Bp. Fitzpatrick. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mil.) A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army; -- chiefly used in the plural. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'regular'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- acceptable,
- accepted,
- accordant,
- accustomed,
- acknowledged,
- alike,
- all-embracing,
- all-encompassing,
- all-out,
- all-pervading,
- annual,
- approved,
- armed force,
- armed service,
- army,
- arranged,
- arrant,
- array,
- automatic,
- average,
- avgas,
- balanced,
- beaten,
- bimonthly,
- biweekly,
- bona fide,
- born,
- bourgeois,
- broad-based,
- businesslike,
- career,
- career soldiers,
- ceaseless,
- characteristic,
- chattering,
- classic,
- classical,
- clean,
- clear,
- client,
- coequal,
- common,
- commonplace,
- complete,
- comprehensive,
- conformable,
- congenital,
- Conservative,
- consistent,
- consonant,
- constant,
- consuetudinary,
- consummate,
- continual,
- continuous,
- conventional,
- coordinate,
- correct,
- correspondent,
- crass,
- crude,
- crude oil,
- current,
- customary,
- customer,
- cyclical,
- daily,
- decided,
- deep-dyed,
- definitive,
- Democrat,
- dependable,
- distinctive,
- distinguishing,
- downright,
- downy,
- dyed-in-the-wool,
- egregious,
- equable,
- equal,
- equiangular,
- equilateral,
- established,
- estimable,
- ethyl,
- ethyl gas,
- eurythmic,
- even,
- everyday,
- exemplary,
- exhaustive,
- expected,
- familiar,
- fighting machine,
- fine,
- finished,
- fixed,
- fixture,
- flagrant,
- flat,
- forces,
- formal,
- fortnightly,
- fossil oil,
- frequent,
- frequenter,
- garden,
- garden-variety,
- gas,
- gasoline,
- generally accepted,
- glabrate,
- glabrescent,
- glabrous,
- glaring,
- good,
- gross,
- ground forces,
- ground troops,
- habitual,
- habitue,
- hackneyed,
- harmonious,
- hebdomadal,
- heeler,
- high-octane gas,
- high-test,
- homogeneous,
- host,
- hourly,
- household,
- immutable,
- in hand,
- incessant,
- intensive,
- intolerable,
- invariable,
- kerosene,
- kosher,
- Labourite,
- lead-free gas,
- legal,
- legions,
- legitimate,
- leiotrichous,
- level,
- likeable,
- low-lead gas,
- loyalist,
- machine gun,
- mark,
- measured,
- mechanical,
- methodic,
- methodical,
- middle-class,
- military establishment,
- monolithic,
- monthly,
- motor oil,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- no great shakes,
- normal,
- normative,
- obtaining,
- occupation force,
- of a piece,
- official,
- OK,
- okay,
- omnibus,
- omnipresent,
- ordered,
- orderly,
- ordinary,
- orthodox,
- oscillating,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- paraffin,
- paratroops,
- partisan,
- party faithful,
- party hack,
- party man,
- party member,
- party wheelhorse,
- patron,
- perennial,
- perfect,
- periodic,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- persistent,
- pervasive,
- petrol,
- petroleum,
- plain,
- plane,
- plastic,
- pleasant,
- plumb,
- popular,
- positive,
- precious,
- predictable,
- predominating,
- premium gas,
- prescribed,
- prescriptive,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- profound,
- pronounced,
- proper,
- proportional,
- proportioned,
- prospect,
- pulsating,
- pure,
- quarterly,
- quintessential,
- radical,
- rank,
- rank and file,
- ranks,
- rapid,
- realistic,
- received,
- recognized,
- recurrent,
- recurring,
- registered Democrat,
- registered Republican,
- regular army,
- regular as clockwork,
- regular customer,
- regulars,
- regulation,
- repeated,
- repetitive,
- Republican,
- rhythmical,
- robotlike,
- rock oil,
- routine,
- run-of-mine,
- run-of-the-mill,
- sample,
- scheduled,
- seasonal,
- set,
- settled,
- shattering,
- sheer,
- shocking,
- ski troops,
- smooth,
- smooth-shaven,
- smooth-textured,
- soldiery,
- stable,
- staccato,
- stalwart,
- standard,
- standing army,
- stark,
- stark-staring,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- stereotyped,
- stock,
- storm troops,
- straight,
- stuttering,
- suave,
- suburban,
- sucker,
- superlative,
- surpassing,
- sustained,
- sweeping,
- symmetric,
- symmetrical,
- systematic,
- the line,
- the military,
- the veriest,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- through-and-through,
- time-honored,
- Tory,
- total,
- traditional,
- trite,
- troops,
- true to form,
- true to type,
- typal,
- typic,
- typical,
- ubiquitous,
- unalloyed,
- unbearable,
- unbroken,
- unceasing,
- unchangeable,
- unchanged,
- unchanging,
- unconditional,
- unconscionable,
- undeniable,
- undeviating,
- undifferentiated,
- undistorted,
- undiversified,
- unequivocal,
- unexceptional,
- uniform,
- unintermitted,
- unintermittent,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- universal,
- unmitigated,
- unnoteworthy,
- unqualified,
- unrelieved,
- unremarkable,
- unremitting,
- unreserved,
- unrestricted,
- unrough,
- unroughened,
- unruffled,
- unspectacular,
- unspoiled,
- unstopped,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- usual,
- utter,
- veritable,
- vernacular,
- vibrating,
- ward heeler,
- weekly,
- well-balanced,
- well-known,
- well-ordered,
- well-proportioned,
- well-regulated,
- well-set,
- well-set-up,
- well-trodden,
- well-worn,
- wheelhorse,
- Whig,
- wholesale,
- widespread,
- wonted
Words containing 'Regular'
- Regularity,
- Regularize,
- Regularly,
- Regularness,
- regularization,
- Regular canon,
- Regular canoness,
- Regular clergy,
- Regular hexagon,
- Regular hexahedron,
- Regular icosahedron,
- Regular pentagon,
- Regular polygon,
- Regular polyhedron,
- Regular sales,
- Regular tetrahedron,
- Regular troops,
- geometrical regularity,
- on a regular basis,
- regular army,
- regular conjugation,
- regular dodecahedron,
- regular octahedron,
- regular payment,
- regular recurrence,
- regular segmentation,
- regular convex polyhedron,
- regular convex solid