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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boredom; sameness |
| Synonyms: | colorlessness, continuance, continuity, dreariness, dryness, dullness, ennui, equability, evenness, flatness, humdrum*, identicalness, invariability, levelness, likeness, monotone, monotonousness, oneness, repetitiousness, repetitiveness, routine, same old thing, similarity, tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness, unchangeableness, uniformity, wearisomeness |
| Antonyms: | change, color, excitement, liveliness, variability, versatility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | platitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dull, overused saying |
| Synonyms: | banality, boiler plate, bromide, buzzword, chestnut, cliché, commonplace, corn, evenness, familiar tune, flatness, hackneyed saying, high camp, hokum, inanity, insipidity, monotony, motto, old chestnut, old story, potboiler, prosaicism, proverb, saw, shibboleth, stereotype, tag*, trite remark, triteness, triviality, truism, vapidity, verbiage |
| Antonyms: | coinage, nuance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sameness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | likeness, similarity |
| Synonyms: | adequation, alikeness, analogy, equality, equivalency, identicalness, identity, indistinguishability, monotony, no difference, oneness, par, parity, predictability, repetition, resemblance, selfsameness, standardization, tedium, uniformity, unison, unity, unvariedness |
| Antonyms: | difference, dissimilarity, variableness, variety |
| Main Entry: | simplicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absence of complication, |
| Synonyms: | candor, chastity, clarity, classicality, clean lines, clearness, directness, ease, easiness, elementariness, guilelessness, homogeneity, ingenuousness, innocence, integrity, lack of adornment, modesty, monotony, naiveté, naturalness, obviousness, openness, plainness, primitiveness, purity, restraint, severity, singleness, sophistication artlessness, straightforwardness, uniformity, unity |
| Antonyms: | complexity, complication, difficultness, difficulty |
| Main Entry: | uniformity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consistency |
| Synonyms: | conformity, consonance, equableness, equality, even tenor, harmony, homogeneity, invariability, monotony, oneness, regularity, sameness, unity |
| Antonyms: | changeableness, variation |
| Main Entry: | iteration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | redundancy |
| Synonyms: | emphasis, monotony, repetition |
| Main Entry: | meagerness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dullness |
| Synonyms: | boredom, flatness, monotony, sameness, tedium |
| Main Entry: | weariness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exhaustion |
| Synonyms: | boredom, ennui, fatigue, languishment, languor, lassitude, lethargy, monotony, tedium |
| Main Entry: | tediousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tedium |
| Synonyms: | boredom, dryness, dullness, monotony, sameness, tiresomeness |
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