quotidian

1. 1.

   found in the ordinary course of events

   “a placid everyday scene”

   “it was a routine day”

   “there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute”

   Synonymseverydaymundaneroutineunremarkableworkaday

   Similarordinary

Questions about quotidian

What does quotidian mean?

quotidian means "found in the ordinary course of events".

How many syllables are in quotidian?

quotidian has 4 syllables: quo-ti-di-an. The stress falls on "di".

What is another word for quotidian?

Close synonyms include everyday, mundane, routine, unremarkable, workaday. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quotidian a common word?

quotidian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.