Antonyms for garden variety

Grammar : Adj

Spell : gahr-dn-vuh-rahy-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɑr dn vəˌraɪ ɪ ti

Definition of garden variety

As in ordinary : adj average; not distinctive
As in average : adj normal, typical
As in prosaic : adj unimaginative
As in run-of-the-mill : adj average
As in standard : adj regular, approved
As in undistinguished : adj ordinary
As in unexceptional : adj ordinary
As in usual : adj common, typical
As in vulgar : adj common, general
As in formulaic : adj ordinary
As in garden-variety : adj ordinary
As in unremarkable : adj ordinary
As in commonplace : adj usual, everyday
As in everyday : adj common
As in familiar : adj common, well-known
As in humdrum : adj boring, uneventful

Example sentences :

As a garden variety for its season, it can hardly be surpassed.
Extract from : « The Peaches of New York » by U. P. Hedrick

They're considerably like the common or garden variety of dog.
Extract from : « West Wind Drift » by George Barr McCutcheon

The fruit itself is quite as good as the garden variety, for cultivation has added little to the native virtues of the raspberry.
Extract from : « The Evolutionist at Large » by Grant Allen

Thus Jack became again for a while the common or garden variety of school-boy, and he enjoyed the change.
Extract from : « Acton's Feud » by Frederick Swainson

This is an escape from cultivation—a garden variety (laciniata) known as the Cut-leaved or Parsley-leaved Elder.
Extract from : « Wayside and Woodland Trees » by Edward Step

It is a field rather than a garden variety; though the green pods are tender and well flavored.
Extract from : « The Field and Garden Vegetables of America » by Fearing Burr

As a garden variety, it is of little value, though the young pods are crisp and tender.
Extract from : « The Field and Garden Vegetables of America » by Fearing Burr

A flower of mystery, of wonderment to children, was the Evening Primrose; I knew the garden variety only with intimacy.
Extract from : « Old-Time Gardens » by Alice Morse Earle

I am that garden variety, and it took the exercising of many heart interests to toughen my cardiac organ.
Extract from : « The Golden Bird » by Maria Thompson Daviess

Such points gave him an air of distinction, and marked him out as quite different from the common or garden variety of cats.
Extract from : « The Story Girl » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Synonyms for garden variety

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