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say it: juh-NER-ik
generic is an adjective and noun meaning "relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus". It carries 5 recorded senses.
relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus
“the generic name”
biology
(of drugs) not protected by trademark
“`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'”
drug
wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as `vin rouge', `vino rosso', `rotwein', `red wine', etc.), or by general class (as `vin ordinaire', `vin de table', `vino da tavola', `tafelwein', `table wine', etc.)
any product that can be sold without a brand name
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for generic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.