standard issue

adjective

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

“Near-synonyms: standard; stock; regular; baseline”

Similar
standardstockregularbaselinebasicgarden varietyhumdrumordinary
Opposite
specialspecializedspecial issuecustomcustomized
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Meanings

adjectivestandard issue (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRegularly and conventionally distributed by an organization (for instance, to its personnel); for regular usage; not specialized.

    Near-synonyms: standard; stock; regular; baseline

    2 more examples

    Most employees of this company get a standard issue laptop, but those in the art department get a more powerful model.

    While we have long endured the sneering tone in discussions about council homes with “ugly” fire doors, and standard-issue gas heaters hastily turned into MDF fireplaces on home-makeover shows, CDWM explores a subtler classism.

    2020 May 27, Kieran Yates, “Fifteen years of TV dinners: why Come Dine With Me has endured”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

    Synonyms: standard, stock, regular, baseline · Antonyms: special, specialized, special issue, custom, customized, bespoke

  2. broadlyderogatorynot comparableNot special or remarkable; conventional.

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

    1 more example

    Standard-issue liberal guilt and hand-wringingly uninteresting dilemmas are the order of the day, with no real surprises or challenges.

    2016 January 7, Peter Bradshaw, “A War review – standard issue Afghan war drama”, in the Guardian, →ISSN

    Synonyms: basic, garden variety, humdrum, ordinary, pedestrian, plain, plain Jane, plain vanilla · Antonyms: premium, deluxe

nounstandard issue (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe normal equipment or supplies issued by an organization.

    A Smith & Wesson double-action .38 revolver was the standard issue in those days.

    1 more example

    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.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
standardstockregularbaseline
Opposite
specialspecializedspecial issuecustomcustomizedbespoke

adjectiveNot special or remarkable; conventional.

Similar
basicgarden varietyhumdrumordinarypedestrianplainplain Janeplain vanillaunremarkableaveragemedialbasicbog-standardcommoncommonplacecommon-and-gardencommon-or-gardencongruentconsistentconventional
Opposite
premiumdeluxe
Also see
common or garden varietygarden varietynormal

Translations

Spanish entrega stándard
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Cite this entry
APA

standard issue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/standard%20issue

MLA

“standard issue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/standard%20issue. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “standard issue,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/standard%20issue.

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