Synonyms for routine
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Everyday — ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others
mundane, ordinary, regular, normal, usual, workaday, run-of-the-mill, standard, quotidian, perfunctory, typical, common, familiar, customary, commonplace, unremarkable, average, plain, natural, medial, everyday rare
2. Frequent — regular; habitual
frequent, general, habitual, pedestrian, routinary rare
3. Conventional — according to established procedure
Other
Noun
1. Procedure — A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine
procedure, sequence, system, method, function, course, subroutine, order, subprogram
Other
practice US, practise UK, round, rotation, matter of course, rule, rut, composition, succession, custom, uniformity, modus operandi, gradation
Definitions
- adj. 1
According to established procedure.
- adj. 2
Regular; habitual.
- n. 1
A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
- n. 2
A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.
Forms
- Plural
- routines → procedures, sequences, systems, methods…
Choose the right word
Custom is the uniform doing of the same act in the same circumstance for a definite reason; routine is the doing of customary acts in a regular and uniform sequence and is more mechanical than custom.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- normal The patient's pulse and blood pressure are normal.
- usual Jack isn't here. He may have missed his usual bus.
- ordinary Leonid is just an ordinary man without experience.
- mundane Matthew and Linda mostly talked about very mundane things.
- frequent What are the most frequent words in this language?
- habitual Grandfather sat in his habitual place near the fire.
By length
- 3 letters
- bit1, act1, rut1
- 4 letters
- turn1, rule1, wont1
- 5 letters
- order2, round1, usual3, plain1, habit2
- 6 letters
- system2, number2, course1, common2, normal2, method2, custom2, ritual3, medial3
- 7 letters
- general3, average3, natural3, regular3, typical3, mundane2
- 8 letters
- practice2, standard2, function2, familiar3, everyday3, ordinary4, frequent2, sequence2, rotation3, practise2, habitual4, workaday3
- 9 letters
- procedure3, customary4, gradation3, quotidian, routinary
- 10 letters
- succession3, pedestrian4, monotonous4, uniformity5, subroutine3, subprogram
- 11 letters
- traditional4, composition4, commonplace3, perfunctory4
- 12 letters
- conventional4, unremarkable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order2 = 2 syllables).