Generic

Adjective

 * 1) Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific
 * "...the essence is that such self-describing poets describe what is in them, but not peculiar to them,---what is generic, not what is special and individual." &mdash; Walter Bagehot (1826-1877)
 * 1)  Of, or relating to a genus
 * 2) Not having a brand name
 * 3) Of a drug identified by its chemical name
 * 4)  Specifying neither masculine nor feminine e.g. salesperson
 * 5)  (Of program code) Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.

Noun

 * 1) A product sold under a generic name
 * 2) A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties

Synonyms for Generic

 * (comprehensive): general
 * typical, ideal, characteristic, representative.

Antonyms for Generic

 * (comprehensive): specific, proprietary
 * non-generic, particular, individual, special, peculiar.

Thesaurus
abstract, bland, broad, collective, common, featureless, general, generalized, indefinite, indeterminate, nebulous, neutral, nonspecific, uncharacterized, undifferentiated, universal, unspecified, vague, wide

Etymology
Formed in English from.

Adjective

 * Arabic:, , , , , , , , ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:


 * German: allgemein,, typisch
 * Ido:
 * Norwegian:
 * Spanish: genérico
 * Turkish: ,


 * Finnish: suku-
 * German: artmäßig, gattungsmäßig, arttypisch
 * Norwegian:


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Turkish: cinsle ilgili, familyaya ait, soyuna özgü, eşdeğer


 * French:


 * Norwegian: merkelo/s,


 * French:
 * Norwegian:


 * Spanish: genérico


 * Norwegian: kjo/nnsno/ytral


 * German: generisch


 * Turkısh: generic, üreysel

Noun

 * Finnish: geneerinen tuote

Related terms

 * gender
 * genus