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111 2.8
A person who often goes to the same place
  • noun
  • /ˈrɛɡjələr/
translation icon : asiduo
  • To my horror, I recognized him as a regular at the restaurant where I work.
  • party regulars
  • become a regular
  • one of the regulars

And so these days you'll find me a regular, a tender at church.

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Examples

  • Chef Justin Steel changes the menu often, so regulars can often expect something new.

  • Even though no one at the bar may have seen me as a regular, I felt at home.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Art's been a regular in the front row for quite a few seasons.

  • Amy, for instance, would send her sons to the store when "Tony," a regular, arrived.

    Academic text (2000)
  • So, that club, are you guys regulars there?

  • And you're obviously a regular here.

  • She's one of our regulars.

  • I'm a regular here.

  • Cindy, a nurse from a nearby cosmetic-surgery clinic, is a regular.

  • She's one of our regulars who always orders the same dish.

Synonyms

fixture
vsregular
32 5.5

A person who is often at the same place, like a shop or bar

is about dependable membership or belonging rather than mere constant visibility
goer
vsregular
23 3.7

A person who regularly goes to a place or event

is used for ongoing membership or steady presence rather than event attendance
reg
vsregular
  • Informal
6 8.3

A customer who goes to the same shop or cafe often

is the standard neutral label used in normal speech
habitué
vsregular
1 9.9

A person who often visits the same place, like a café

is the common neutral term used in everyday speech
frequenter
vsregular
1 5.0

A person who regularly goes to the same place, often as a customer

is broader, including members or dependable people beyond just customer relationships

Antonyms

908 1.0

A person who goes to a place for a short time to see someone or something

2 5.3

A person who works at a job for a short time

Idioms

Happens often at set times

Compounds

5 3.0

Full-time official soldiers who serve a country on land in peace and war

Planned work to check and fix machines or equipment so they keep working

An amount of money you give at fixed times, for example each month

9.9

A solid with the same flat faces that are regular polygons and with all angles the same

regular convex solid
  • Specialized
9.0

A three-dimensional shape whose faces are the same flat shapes with all sides equal and equal angles between them

regular pentagon
  • Specialized
3.7

A five-sided shape with all sides and all angles equal

regular polygon
  • Specialized
4.2

A flat shape with all sides the same length and all angles equal

regular polyhedron
  • Specialized
8.6

A solid shape with identical flat faces that are regular polygons like a cube

regular prism
  • Specialized
5.5

A solid with two equal regular flat shapes as ends and rectangular sides

regular dodecahedron
  • Specialized
9.6

A solid with twelve equal five-sided flat faces

regular hexagon
  • Specialized
3.4

A six-sided shape with all sides and all angles equal

regular hexahedron
  • Specialized
5.9

A solid shape that has six equal square faces

regular icosahedron
  • Specialized
9.2

A solid with twenty triangles that all have equal sides

regular octahedron
  • Specialized
8.4

A solid with eight identical triangle faces and the same angles

regular pyramid
  • Specialized
6.8

A solid with a flat base with all sides equal and triangular faces that meet at one top point

A pattern where something happens again at fixed times

regular tetrahedron
  • Specialized
7.4

A solid with four triangles, each triangle having three equal sides

How Frequent

regular
111 2.8
customer
1.0
visitor
908 1.0

Surface Forms

regular singular
regulars plural

Etymology

Regular comes from Latin regula 'rule' and the idea of doing something on a usual plan. So a 'regular' at a café is someone who comes often and follows a steady habit.