Definition of regular

"regular" in the noun sense

1. regular, habitue, fixture

a regular patron

"an habitue of the racetrack"

"a bum who is a Central Park fixture"

2. regular

a soldier in the regular army

3. regular

a dependable follower (especially in party politics

"he is one of the party regulars"

4. regular

a garment size for persons of average height and weight

"regular" in the adjective sense

1. regular

in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle

"his regular calls on his customers"

"regular meals"

"regular duties"

2. regular, veritable

often used as intensifiers

"a regular morass of details"

"a regular nincompoop"

"he's a veritable swine"

3. regular

conforming to a standard or pattern

"following the regular procedure of the legislature"

"a regular electrical outlet"

4. regular

regularly scheduled for fixed times

"at a regular meeting of the PTA"

"regular bus departures"

5. regular

in accord with regular practice or procedure

"took his regular morning walk"

"her regular bedtime"

6. even, regular

occurring at fixed intervals

"a regular beat"

"the even rhythm of his breathing"

7. regular, steady

relating to a person who does something regularly

"a regular customer"

"a steady drinker"

8. regular

used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces

"the regular army"

9. regular

of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula

10. unconstipated, regular

not constipated

11. even, regular

symmetrically arranged

"even features"

"regular features"

"a regular polygon"

12. regular

not deviating from what is normal

"her regular bedtime"

13. regular

officially full-time

"regular students"

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Quotations for regular

Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null. [ Alfred Tennyson ]

Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more. [ Tennyson ]

Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires. [ St. Augustine ]

Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability. [ Burke ]

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty. [ Schiller ]

The perfection of conversation is not to play a regular sonata, but, like the Aeolian harp, to await the inspiration of the passing breeze. [ Burke ]

I hate a style, as I do a garden, that is wholly flat and regular, - that slides along like an eel and never rises to what one can call an inequality. [ Shenstone ]

Nature eschews regular lines; she does not shape her lines by a common model. Not one of Eve's numerous progeny in all respects resembles her who first culled the flowers of Eden. To the infinite variety and picturesque inequality of nature we owe the great charm of her uncloying beauty. [ Whittier ]

It is particularly worth observation that the more we magnify, by the assistance of glasses, the works of nature, the more regular and beautiful they appear, while it is quite different in respect to those of art, for when they are examined through a microscope we are astonished to find them so rough, so coarse and uneven, although they have been done with all imaginable care, by the best workmen. [ Sterne ]

We have no permanent habits until we are forty. Then they begin to harden, presently they petrify, then business begins. Since forty I have been regular about going to bed and getting up - and that is one of the main things. I have made it a rule to go to bed when there wasn't anybody left to sit up with; and I have made it a rule to get up when I had to. This has resulted in an unswerving regularity of irregularity. It has saved me sound, but it would injure another person. [ Mark Twain, Seventieth Birthday speech ]

regular in Scrabble®

The word regular is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters regular:

REGULAR
(82 = 32 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word regular

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REGULAR
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REGULAR
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In regular

REGULAR
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REGULAR
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REGULAR
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regular in Words With Friends™

The word regular is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters regular:

REGULAR
(92 = 57 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

regular

 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In regular

REGULAR
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REGULAR
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REGULAR
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REGULAR
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REGULAR
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2 letter words in regular (5 words)

3 letter words in regular (17 words)

4 letter words in regular (15 words)

6 letter words in regular (2 words)

7 letter words in regular (1 word)

regular + 1 blank (2 words)

Word Growth involving regular

Shorter words in regular

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Longer words containing regular

irregular irregularities

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