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generic ge·ner·ic

Spelling: [juh-ner-ik]

IPA: /dʒəˈnɛr ɪk/

Generic is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 117 anagrams from letters in generic (ceeginr).

Definitions for generic

noun

1. a generic term.
2. any product, as a type of food, drug, or cosmetic commonly marketed under a brand name, that is sold in a package without a brand.
3. a wine made from two or more varieties of grapes, with no one grape constituting more than half the product (distinguished from varietal).

adjective

1. of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
2. of, relating to, or noting a genus, especially in biology.
3. (of a word) applicable or referring to both men and women:
4. not protected by trademark registration:

Origin of generic

1670-80; Latin gener- (see gender¹) + -ic

Examples for generic

Ketorolac, a generic, is considered a relatively nontoxic drug.

The latest Quinnipiac and Pew polls show Democrats with a 9-point generic edge, twice what it was in late August.

Both the generic and specific names refer to its many mouths.

There has been something both ideal and generic in American life.

But here we are at a generic hotel suite in downtown Toronto.

Then the generic and specific distinctions were very easy to establish.

Polls at that time found that the public favored Democrats 50% to 42% over Republicans in generic Congressional match ups.

We speak of man in the generic sense, as including women also.

It grows in the form of a spathula, from which it receives its generic name.

Onstage, a trio of dancers in elaborate underwear sway lazily to generic synth beats.