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Definitions

corn

[kawrn] / kɔrn /

NOUN

banality

Synonyms

STRONGEST

platitude

STRONG

adage boiler buzzword chestnut hokum plate saw trivia triviality truism

WEAK

cliché dullsville familiar tune high camp old chestnut old saw prosaicism prosaism trite phrase

Antonyms

WEAK

coinage nuance original saying

NOUN

bulb

Synonyms

STRONG

ball bunch corm globe head knob nodule nub protuberance swelling tuber tumor

Antonyms

STRONG

depression

NOUN

cereal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bran grain rice wheat

STRONG

oats rye

WEAK

breakfast food

NOUN

cliché

Synonyms

WEAK

adage banality boiler plate bromide buzzword chestnut commonplace counterword familiar tune motto old story platitude potboiler prosaism proverb saying shibboleth slogan stale saying stereotype threadbare phrase trite remark triteness triviality truism vapid expression

NOUN

commonplace

Synonyms

STRONG

banality bromide chestnut inanity motto platitude prose shallowness shibboleth stereotype tag triteness

WEAK

cliché prosaicism prosaism rubber-stamp triviality truism

Antonyms

STRONG

coinage nuance

NOUN

feed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barley fodder forage grain hay meal

STRONG

grass grub pasturage provender provisions silage straw

WEAK

animal food vittles

NOUN

fodder

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barley food forage grain hay

STRONG

grass pasturage provender provisions silage straw

WEAK

animal food grub meal vittles

NOUN

grain

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cereal

STRONG

atom bit crumb drop fragment granule grist iota jot kernel mite modicum molecule morsel mote ounce particle pellet scintilla scrap scruple smidgen spark speck tittle trace whit

Antonyms

STRONG

lot whole

NOUN

platitude

Synonyms

STRONGEST

banality bromide

STRONG

buzzword chestnut commonplace evenness flatness hokum inanity insipidity monotony motto potboiler proverb saw shibboleth stereotype tag triteness triviality truism vapidity verbiage

WEAK

boiler plate cliché familiar tune hackneyed saying high camp old chestnut old story prosaicism trite remark

Antonyms

WEAK

coinage nuance

NOUN

seed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

berry egg grain nut

STRONG

bud cell conceit concept conception core ear embryo germ image impression inkling kernel notion nucleus ovule ovum particle rudiment semen spark sperm spore start suspicion

Antonyms

STRONG

being concrete death exterior exteriority outside

WEAK

ancestor effect end ending parent result

NOUN

swelling

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abscess blister bruise bump contusion inflammation injury nodule sore tumor welt

STRONG

boil bulge bunion carbuncle dilation distention enlargement hump increase knob node pimple pock protuberance puff puffiness pustule ridge tumescence wale wart weal

WEAK

knurl

Antonyms

STRONG

decrease depression

NOUN

whiskey

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alcohol drink liquor spirits

STRONG

distiller hooch moonshine poteen rotgut

WEAK

mountain dew spiritus frumenti usquebaugh white lightning

Example Sentences

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Indiana’s lack of glamour is a point of pride, rooted in Midwestern practicality and endless flat fields of corn.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

The ballad, The Fields of Athenry, refers to it as "Trevelyan's corn", after the civil servant who had responsibility for administering relief during the famine, Charles Trevelyan.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Serve topped with avocado, sour cream and more corn chips for crunch.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

China’s new pledge to buy more American farm products helped send soybean, corn, and wheat prices sharply higher Monday, reviving hopes that U.S. agriculture exports could rebound after collapsing in 2025.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Lines of old corn stubble planted in some earlier year rode the eroding rises.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

corn

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