ubiquitous
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ubiq·ui·tous

adjective \yü-ˈbi-kwə-təs\

Definition of UBIQUITOUS

: existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread <a ubiquitous fashion>

— ubiq·ui·tous·ly adverb

— ubiq·ui·tous·ness noun

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Examples of UBIQUITOUS

The company's advertisements are ubiquitous.
<by that time cell phones had become ubiquitous, and people had long ceased to be impressed by the sight of one>
Hot dogs are the ideal road trip food—inexpensive, portable, ubiquitous. —Paul Lucas, Saveur, June/July 2008
Shawarma is the new street meat. Both a late night favourite and a quick lunch classic, the Middle Eastern dish is now ubiquitous on the streets of Toronto. —Chris Dart, Torontoist, 8 Feb. 2007
In major league locker rooms, ice packs are ubiquitous appendages for pitchers, who wrap their shoulder or elbow or both, the better to calm muscles, ligaments and tendons that have been stressed by the unnatural act of throwing a baseball. —Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated, 26 Mar. 2007
It was before the day of the ubiquitous automobile. Given one of those present adjuncts to farm life, John would have ended his career much earlier. As it was, they found him lying by the roadside at dawn one morning after the horses had trotted into the yard with the wreck of the buggy bumping the road behind them. —Edna Ferber, “Farmer in the Dell,” 1919, in One Basket, 1949
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Origin of UBIQUITOUS

(see ubiquity)

First Known Use: 1830

Related to UBIQUITOUS

Synonyms: common or garden [chiefly British], commonplace, everyday, familiar, frequent, garden-variety, household, ordinary, quotidian, routine, common, usual

Antonyms: extraordinary, infrequent, rare, seldom, uncommon, unfamiliar, unusual

Related Words: normal, regular, standard; de rigueur, mandatory, obligatory; general, universal; ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, incessant, unceasing; endemic, popular, prevailing, prevalent, rampant; perennial, recurrent, repeated

Near Antonyms: aberrant, abnormal, irregular, unnatural; intermittent, occasional, sporadic

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Rhymes with UBIQUITOUS

iniquitous