Concrete and Generic

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Concrete adjective - Of a particular or exact sort.

Usage example: while there was a lot of hand-wringing, no one offered a practical, concrete plan for the energy shortage

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Generic is an antonym for concrete.

Generic adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.

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Concrete is an antonym for generic.

Nearby Words: general, generally, generalised

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