Definition for Routine:

• r[= oo]- t[= e]n', n. course of duties: regular course of action: an unvarying round.-- adj. keeping an unvarying round.-- adj. ROUTI'NARY, customary, ordinary.-- ns. ROUTINEER'; ROUTI'NISM; ROUTI'NIST. [ Fr.]

Synonyms for Routine:

• adj.

  •automatic (adjective)
  • unconscious.
  •boring (adjective)
  • repetitious,
  • lifeless,
  • well-worn,
  • Weariful,
  • drab,
  • unvaried,
  • insipid.
  •businesslike (adjective)
  • well-ordered,
  • workaday,
  • disciplined.
  •dull (adjective)
  • repetitive,
  • unexciting,
  • uninspiring,
  • prosy,
  • oft-repeated.
  •habitual (adjective)
  • Acclimated,
  • methodical,
  • quotidian,
  • general,
  • wonted,
  • timeworn,
  • standard,
  • conditioned,
  • habitual,
  • everyday,
  • accepted.
  •mediocre (adjective)
  • modest,
  • mediocre,
  • suburban,
  • average,
  • banal,
  • so-so,
  • mean.
  •regular (adjective)
  • continual,
  • monotonous,
  • traditional,
  • recurrent,
  • commonplace,
  • prevailing,
  • universal,
  • steady,
  • cyclical,
  • frequent,
  • epochal,
  • canonical,
  • metronomic,
  • constant,
  • orthodox,
  • rhythmic,
  • Predominating.

• n.

  •
  • typical.
  •
  • track.
  •
  • scheme.
  •
  • action,
  • code.
  •
  • means,
  • technique,
  • way,
  • mode.
  •
  • finale,
  • intermission,
  • curtain call.
  •act (noun)
  • sketch,
  • schtick,
  • piece.
  •attitude (noun)
  • leaning.
  •behavior (noun)
  • way of life.
  •collection (noun)
  • repertory.
  •communication (noun)
  • bit,
  • number.
  •dullness (noun)
  • stodginess,
  • vapidity,
  • insipidity.
  •habit (noun)
  • disposition,
  • rut,
  • wont,
  • tendency,
  • addiction,
  • temperament,
  • Familiarity,
  • trait,
  • instinct,
  • regularity,
  • mannerism,
  • acclimation,
  • fixed ways,
  • conventionality,
  • second nature,
  • tradition,
  • daily grind.
  •habitual activity (noun)
  • pattern,
  • formula,
  • program,
  • spiel,
  • line,
  • rote,
  • drill,
  • pace,
  • channels,
  • cycle,
  • tack,
  • rat race.
  •mediocrity (noun)
  • ordinariness,
  • modesty,
  • banality,
  • normalcy,
  • mediocrity,
  • commonness.
  •method (noun)
  • Technic.
  •regularity (noun)
  • orthodoxy,
  • steadiness,
  • periodicity,
  • predominance,
  • recurrence,
  • frequency,
  • constancy,
  • rhythm,
  • universality,
  • normality.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ritualistic,
  • overblown,
  • rough-and-ready,
  • cookie-cutter,
  • pedestrian,
  • unexceptional,
  • nondescript,
  • proclivity,
  • characterless,
  • day-to-day,
  • garden-variety,
  • routinely.
  •
  • groove,
  • middle,
  • natural,
  • run-of-the-mill,
  • compulsion,
  • vanilla,
  • habit-forming,
  • pro forma,
  • human,
  • garden,
  • duty,
  • simple,
  • unadventurous.
  •
  • humble.
  •
  • institution,
  • tend,
  • vice,
  • dull,
  • widespread.
  •
  • diet.
  •
  • straight.
  •Other relevant words:
  • designated,
  • economy,
  • abstract,
  • settled,
  • chain reaction,
  • balanced,
  • reliability,
  • guise,
  • ennui,
  • leap year,
  • buzz,
  • harmonious,
  • step,
  • drone,
  • programme,
  • laboured,
  • ancestral,
  • plot,
  • two-dimensionality,
  • approach,
  • reflex,
  • assigned,
  • degrading,
  • offhand,
  • limited,
  • pandemic,
  • passage,
  • logical,
  • intermezzo,
  • in,
  • what's what,
  • correct,
  • mouldy,
  • square,
  • attack,
  • orb,
  • score,
  • flat,
  • chain,
  • morsel,
  • good turn,
  • bureaucratism,
  • organized,
  • flake,
  • laborious,
  • modus operandi,
  • reticulation,
  • conformist,
  • curtain,
  • cognitive process,
  • stretch,
  • stand,
  • blot,
  • purpose,
  • outlook,
  • meticulous,
  • in harmony,
  • Windrow,
  • painstaking,
  • telephone number,
  • sequence,
  • plodding,
  • truth,
  • spectrum,
  • go,
  • shopworn,
  • bout,
  • calendar,
  • median,
  • dead end,
  • mechanic,
  • interlude,
  • heedless,
  • syllabus,
  • menial,
  • colourless,
  • Consecution,
  • issue,
  • unchanging,
  • bureaucracy,
  • rota,
  • feast,
  • moment,
  • shtick,
  • organization,
  • epidemic,
  • shift,
  • slavish,
  • subroutine,
  • sensible,
  • hum,
  • descent,
  • slate,
  • semi-annual,
  • ignoble,
  • rife,
  • exode,
  • connection,
  • planned,
  • uniformity,
  • uninvolved,
  • convention,
  • regularly,
  • precedent,
  • reasonable,
  • prolonged,
  • sequence of events,
  • ordered,
  • regulation,
  • tired,
  • inflexible,
  • involuntary,
  • enactment,
  • predictable,
  • mathematical function,
  • exactness,
  • squirrel cage,
  • road,
  • long-drawn-out,
  • mouthful,
  • periodical,
  • established,
  • observance,
  • household,
  • charge,
  • figure,
  • appropriate,
  • scale,
  • in vogue,
  • bite,
  • time,
  • obligation,
  • symmetry,
  • file,
  • listing,
  • nexus,
  • thing,
  • gradation,
  • symmetrical,
  • Paced,
  • habitually,
  • quiet,
  • Overworked,
  • task,
  • chinoiserie,
  • expected,
  • spot,
  • ways and means,
  • ruling,
  • setup,
  • lowly,
  • prospectus,
  • swing,
  • rampant,
  • robot-like,
  • blah,
  • tediousness,
  • conformity,
  • structure,
  • uninspired,
  • rope,
  • curriculum,
  • public,
  • stiff,
  • epilogue,
  • array,
  • inattentive,
  • bland,
  • afterpiece,
  • period,
  • yuletide,
  • lineage,
  • string,
  • rotation,
  • single file,
  • framework,
  • regnant,
  • healthy,
  • concordant,
  • attuned,
  • drabness,
  • human activity,
  • plenum,
  • responsibility,
  • assignment,
  • well-regulated,
  • Starched,
  • powder train,
  • terrestrial,
  • queue,
  • dispatch,
  • wearying,
  • plan,
  • ceremonial,
  • design,
  • rite,
  • monotonic,
  • striptease,
  • part,
  • well-known,
  • Unpoetic,
  • ceremony,
  • historic,
  • tedious,
  • set,
  • peace,
  • model,
  • many,
  • department,
  • province,
  • wearisome,
  • uninterested,
  • outline,
  • ceremonious,
  • neat,
  • minute,
  • long-windedness,
  • strict,
  • cadence,
  • consonant,
  • Recurring,
  • sphere,
  • ins and outs,
  • punctilious,
  • tiresome,
  • description,
  • superficial,
  • wise,
  • time-honoured,
  • tone,
  • despatch,
  • numeral,
  • cyclic,
  • rushed,
  • agenda,
  • circuit,
  • predominant,
  • job,
  • uninteresting,
  • series,
  • stale,
  • divertimento,
  • term,
  • catena,
  • chip,
  • continuum,
  • yearbook,
  • capacity,
  • stately,
  • in tune,
  • prologue,
  • field,
  • course,
  • line of action,
  • rigid,
  • typic,
  • unending,
  • mo,
  • bicentennial,
  • avenue,
  • unwritten,
  • hebdomadal,
  • groundhog day,
  • subprogram,
  • genteel,
  • stilted,
  • proportion,
  • middling,
  • popular,
  • mode of operation,
  • orderly,
  • hack,
  • spell,
  • Besetting,
  • rank,
  • bank,
  • casual,
  • ambit,
  • removed,
  • bow,
  • Frequentative,
  • solemnity,
  • allotment,
  • solemnization,
  • dogma,
  • identification number,
  • scenario,
  • gamut,
  • deployment,
  • human action,
  • manner of working,
  • unconcerned,
  • fleck,
  • wearing,
  • chaser,
  • praxis,
  • central,
  • office,
  • route,
  • stereotyped,
  • Marshaling,
  • synopsis,
  • confining,
  • scheduled,
  • unbending,
  • apathetic,
  • hurried,
  • prosaic,
  • deliberate,
  • dead,
  • summary,
  • jejune,
  • cognitive operation,
  • low,
  • keynote,
  • hackneyed,
  • running,
  • staple,
  • role,
  • many times,
  • standard operating procedure,
  • dismissive,
  • schedule,
  • medium,
  • cue,
  • fitting,
  • changeless,
  • vapid,
  • dependability,
  • fashionable,
  • current,
  • bill of fare,
  • dominant,
  • walk,
  • base,
  • list,
  • fast,
  • boredom,
  • phone number,
  • rooted,
  • LINEs,
  • Red-tapism,
  • bend,
  • agreeable,
  • liturgy,
  • actual,
  • train,
  • fleeting,
  • unthinking,
  • Divertissement,
  • doctrine,
  • formation,
  • arrangement,
  • standardized,
  • invariable,
  • operation,
  • schema,
  • introduction,
  • sleep-inducing,
  • servile,
  • song and dance,
  • tour,
  • stint,
  • structured,
  • instinctive,
  • form,
  • prevalent,
  • unspontaneous,
  • cursory,
  • succession,
  • execution,
  • beat,
  • sop,
  • hasty,
  • homely,
  • practises,
  • undiversified,
  • in keeping,
  • policy,
  • usually,
  • row,
  • normally,
  • conduct,
  • turn of events,
  • tidy,
  • formal,
  • distant,
  • birthday,
  • subordination,
  • use,
  • articulation,
  • dry,
  • beaten,
  • overdone,
  • run,
  • crook,
  • layout,
  • fortnightly,
  • intermediate,
  • systematic,
  • reigning,
  • quota,
  • play,
  • uniform,
  • concord,
  • concatenation,
  • colourlessness,
  • in fashion,
  • stuporous,
  • well-organized,
  • methodology,
  • consistent,
  • disposal,
  • Chaining,
  • threadbare,
  • unskilled,
  • arranged,
  • official,
  • proverbial,
  • according,
  • changelessness,
  • discipline,
  • Bissextile,
  • corny,
  • middle-of-the-road,
  • career,
  • long-winded,
  • training,
  • strategy,
  • oftenness,
  • semi-monthly,
  • programmed,
  • standard-issue,
  • natal day,
  • endless,
  • tier,
  • race,
  • time-worn,
  • tiring,
  • quarterly,
  • hourly,
  • annual,
  • fixed,
  • unoriginal,
  • quietude,
  • intermediary,
  • biweekly,
  • unromantic,
  • lookout,
  • twine,
  • twist,
  • in hand,
  • algorithm,
  • fashion,
  • same,
  • protocol,
  • demeaning,
  • over-long,
  • dry-as-dust,
  • Habituated,
  • show,
  • place,
  • persistent,
  • skit,
  • customarily,
  • share,
  • even tenor,
  • moth-eaten,
  • scrap,
  • red-tape,
  • prototype,
  • unchanged,
  • straitened,
  • procedural,
  • exodus,
  • menu,
  • well-trodden,
  • machine-like,
  • old,
  • thread,
  • punctuality,
  • soporific,
  • moderate,
  • filiation,
  • situation,
  • ropes,
  • medial,
  • indifferent,
  • conformable,
  • exacting,
  • unvarying,
  • swath,
  • subservient,
  • exhausting,
  • bimonthly,
  • progression,
  • systematized,
  • walk of life,
  • behaviour,
  • performance,
  • decorum,
  • in agreement,
  • trip,
  • prescribed,
  • range,
  • harmony,
  • style,
  • function,
  • repetition,
  • Fatiguing,
  • proceeding,
  • lineup,
  • semi-weekly,
  • solemn,
  • Catenation,
  • proper,
  • pendulum,
  • tranquillity.

Paraphrases for Routine:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    prevalent, systematized, traditional, day-today, widespread, mainstream, trivial.
  • Proper noun, singular
    trends, contracts, objects, lists.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    mainstream.
  • Verb, past tense
    Occurred, found, Asked.

• Other Related

  • Determiner
    systematic.
  • Adjective
    habitual, perfunctory, customary, mundane, frequent, business-as-usual, straightforward, systematic, banal, trite.
  • Proper noun, singular
    systematic.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    rut, grind, habit, systematic, ritual.

Antonyms for Routine:

• adj.

  • habitual
    strange, eccentric, different, unusual, special, uncommon, irregular, original, breaking, abnormal, untraditional, variable, extraordinary, unconventional.

• n.

  • habitual activity
    break, disorganization, excitement, disorder.

Homophones for Routine:

• raetam, ration, rotenone, ruthenium, retama, radiation, roadman, rotten, rewrite man, redeem, redden, rotation, radon, rhythm, retinene, ready money, retem, rodin, rhodium, radium, RETINA, red man, red wine, ruritanian, retain, radian, rhodymenia, radome, ruritania, ratan, rattan, retinue, red onion.

Hypernym for Routine:

• n.

  • communication
    stopper, showstopper, show-stopper.

Hyponym for Routine:

• n.

  • communication
    performance, public presentation.