DAILY Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈdā-lē

Definition of daily

as in continuous

occurring, done, produced, or appearing every day they made their daily stop at the coffee shop after work to relax before dinner

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daily

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noun

British

as in servant

a person hired to perform household or personal services hired a daily to come in each morning to cook and clean

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Adjective

That takes time, and Pabst said the level of communication gradually improved through daily reps in spring practice and preseason camp. — Bob Ferrante, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026 The daily flights will be non-stop both ways, the carrier told the Miami Herald. — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

Noun

That standard starts with Blount and Lightfoot pushing each other daily at practice, just like Bain and Mesidor did. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026 In-demand Los Angeles projectionist Taylor Umphenour, an Imax consultant who has worked with Nolan on his dailies, helped oversee the design and construction. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for daily

Recent Examples of Synonyms for daily

Adjective

Its strategy centers on a Helical Stellarator, an approach designed around continuous plasma operation.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
Seek Out Stretch And Cross-Functional Opportunities Employees should adopt a continuous learning mindset.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of continuous

Noun

Wadsworth begins Clue as the seemingly subservient servant before gradually taking command of the entire picture.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
When Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, Peter drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of servant

Adjective

The Federal Reserve was created to protect financial stability after recurrent banking panics.

— Joao Gomes, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
But in the new Phase I trial, Chen’s team designed a form of CAR-T cell therapy that targets B7-H3 and studied its effects in 15 patients with recurrent glioblastoma that had not responded to available therapies.

— Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of recurrent

Noun

Wash and Dry It Properly For down, feather, and polyester pillows, Audrey Goh, an executive housekeeper at Halekulani, says washing and thoroughly drying them can help restore loft, as this breaks down sweat and oil buildup.

— Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 22 Aug. 2026
The housekeeper never notified management about them before tossing them in the resort’s dumpster.

— David Goodhue August 21, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of housekeeper

Adjective

Because devices are always within reach, kids' screen time habits are affecting their sleep and mood, which may impact their schoolwork and day-to-day behavior.

— Kara Nesvig, Parents, 28 June 2026
And for far too many Americans, those contradictions have become their day-to-day life.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 June 2026

Definition of day-to-day

Noun

Studiocanal is handling worldwide sales, and is co-representing domestic with WME Independent.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Butlers, once portrayed as buttoned-up, silver tray-carrying domestics, now manage complex staff, technology, security and logistics across multiple properties.

— Robert Frank, CNBC, 10 July 2026

Definition of domestic

Adjective

That moment of accepting the straightforward truth about God’s continual and ongoing love for me started a transformation in thought that led to a transformation of my life.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026
The battle comes as decades of increasing water demand and drought in the West have caused a continual decline in water levels along the river, especially in reservoirs such as Lake Mead and Lake Powell.

— James Powel, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of continual

Noun

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the steward of those bond buybacks, skipped this year’s conference ahead of G-20 talks in North Carolina.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
The steward of this American treasure since the patriarch died in 2013, Jeanie Buss dug in her Christian Louboutin heels in a fight to keep her family in the hierarchy of the purple and gold.

— Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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