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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flat, dull |
| Synonyms: | bland, boring, colorless, dead*, driveling, flat tire, flavorless, inane, innocuous, insipid, jejune, least, lifeless, limp, milk-and-water, milquetoast, nothing, nowhere, stale, tame, tasteless, tedious, tiresome, unimaginative, uninspiring, uninteresting, unpalatable, vacant, vacuous, watery, weak, wishy-washy, zero* |
| Antonyms: | lively, pungent, sharp, spicy, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | banal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commonplace |
| Synonyms: | blah*, bland, bromidic, clichéd, common, conventional, cornball, cornfed, corny, dull as dishwater, dumb, everyday, flat, hackneyed, ho hum, hokey, humdrum*, insipid, mundane, noplace, nothing, nowhere, old hat, ordinary, pabulum, pedestrian, platitudinous, square, stale, stereotyped, stock, stupid, tired, tripe, trite, unimaginative, unoriginal, vapid, watery, wishy-washy, zero* |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | barren |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unprofitable |
| Synonyms: | dull, flat, fruitless, futile, lackluster, profitless, stale, uninspiring, unproductive, unrewarding, useless, vain, vapid |
| Antonyms: | developing, growing, productive, profitable |
| Main Entry: | bland |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tasteless; undistinctive |
| Synonyms: | banal, blah*, boring, dull, dull as dishwater, flat, flavorless, ho hum, humdrum, insipid, milk-and-water, monotonous, nerdy, nothing, pabulum, sapless, tame, tedious, unexciting, uninspiring, uninteresting, unstimulating, vanilla, vapid, waterish, watery, weak, wimpy, wishy-washy, zero* |
| Antonyms: | delicious, distinctive, sharp, tasty, yummy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uninteresting |
| Synonyms: | arid, bomb*, bromidic, bummer, characterless, cloying, colorless, commonplace, dead*, drab, drag*, drudging, dull, flat*, ho hum, humdrum, insipid, interminable, irksome, lifeless, monotonous, moth-eaten, mundane, nothing, nowhere, platitudinous, plebeian, prosaic, repetitious, routine, spiritless, stale, stereotyped, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, threadbare, tiresome, tiring, trite, unexciting, uninteresting, unvaried, vapid, wearisome, well-worn, zero* |
| Antonyms: | exciting, fascinating, interesting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | colorless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unlively, uninteresting |
| Synonyms: | characterless, dreary, dull, insipid, lackluster, lifeless, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, tame, unmemorable, unpassioned, vacuous, vapid |
| Antonyms: | brilliant, distinctive, intense, interesting, lively, stimulating, vibrant |
| Main Entry: | dead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indifferent, cold |
| Synonyms: | anesthetized, apathetic, asleep, boring, callous, deadened, dull, flat, frigid, glazed, inert, insensitive, insipid, lukewarm, numb, numbed, paralyzed, senseless, spiritless, stagnant, stale, still, tasteless, torpid, unfeeling, uninteresting, unresponsive, vapid, wooden |
| Antonyms: | active, animated, interested, live, living, responsive, spirited, warm |
| Main Entry: | drab |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, colorless |
| Synonyms: | arid, blah*, bleak, boring, brown, characterless, cheerless, desolate, dingy, dismal, dreary, dry, dull as dishwater, faded, flat, gloomy, gray, grungy, lackluster, lusterless, muddy, murky, run-down, same, shabby, somber, subfuse, unchanging, uninspired, vapid, zero* |
| Antonyms: | bright, colorful, inspired |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boring, uninteresting |
| Synonyms: | abused, archaic, arid, big yawn, blah, colorless, common, commonplace, dead, dismal, dreary, driveling, dry, familiar, flat, hackneyed, heavy, ho hum, hoary, humdrum*, insipid, jejune, longwinded, monotonous, oft-repeated, ordinary, out-of-date, plain, pointless, prolix, prosaic, prosy, repetitious, repetitive, routine, run-of-the-mill, soporific, stale, stock, stupid, tame, tedious, tired, tiresome, trite, unimaginative, uninspiring, usual, usual thing, vapid, worn-out |
| Antonyms: | active, exciting, interesting, lively |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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