Phrase guide

standard issue

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Regularly and conventionally distributed by an organization (for instance, to its personnel); for regular usage; not specialized.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: standard; stock; regular; baseline
  • Most employees of this company get a standard issue laptop, but those in the art department get a more powerful model.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: standard, stock, regular, baseline

Antonyms: special, specialized, special issue, custom, customized, bespoke

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adj

Meaning 2

Not special or remarkable; conventional.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, derogatory, not-comparable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: basic, garden variety, humdrum, ordinary, pedestrian, plain, plain Jane, plain vanilla, unremarkable; see also Thesaurus:normal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: basic, garden variety, humdrum, ordinary, pedestrian, plain, plain Jane, plain vanilla, unremarkable, average, medial, bog-standard, common, commonplace, common-and-garden, common-or-garden, congruent, consistent, conventional, customary, everyday, expected, improminent, mundane, natural, normal, par for the course, par, quotidian, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, standard issue, typical, unexceptional, unstrange, usual, vulgar, wakeaday, workaday

Antonyms: premium, deluxe

3

noun

Meaning 3

The normal equipment or supplies issued by an organization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • A Smith & Wesson double-action .38 revolver was the standard issue in those days.
  • For food and clothing, we were happy to get the standard issue, as it was way better than anything we had been used to, truth be told.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Spanish: entrega stándard — Translations