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| Main Entry: | banal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commonplace |
| Synonyms: | blah*, bland, common, conventional, corny, dumb, everyday, flat, hackneyed, hokey*, humdrum*, insipid, mundane, nothing, old hat, ordinary, pabulum*, pedestrian, square, stale, stereotyped, stock, stupid, tired, tripe, trite, unimaginative, unoriginal, vapid, watery, wishy-washy*, zero*, bromidic, clichéd, cornball, cornfed, dull as dishwater, ho hum, noplace, nowhere, platitudinous |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | corny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trite, clichéd |
| Synonyms: | banal, commonplace, dull, feeble, hackneyed, mawkish, melodramatic, old hat, old-fashioned, sentimental, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stupid, tired, warmed-over |
| Antonyms: | new, original, unique |
| Main Entry: | hackneyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clichéd, tired |
| Synonyms: | antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, conventional, corny*, everyday, hokey*, moth-eaten*, obsolete, old, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, overworked, pedestrian*, quotidian, run-of-the-mill*, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare*, timeworn, tripe, trite, unoriginal, worn-out*, familiar tune, old-chestnut, old-hat, old-saw, played-out, well-worn |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, original, uncommon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hokey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corny |
| Synonyms: | banal, commonplace, dull*, feeble, hackneyed, mawkish, old hat, old-fashioned, sentimental, shopworn, stale, trite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inapt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incompetent; not suitable |
| Synonyms: | awkward, banal, clumsy, dull, flat, gauche, ill-suited, improper, inappropriate, incongruous, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insipid, jejune, maladroit, malapropos, slow, stupid, unable, unfit, unskilled, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, ill-adapted, ill-fitted, inadept, inapposite, infelicitous, undexterous, unfacile, unhandy, unmeet, unproficient |
| Notes: | inapt is 'not suitable or appropriate' while unapt is 'not likely or inclined' |
| Antonyms: | apt, competent, happy, suitable, suited |
| Main Entry: | innocuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harmless |
| Synonyms: | banal, bland, flat, innocent, inoffensive, insipid, jejune, kind, safe, weak, innoxious, inobnoxious, painless, sapless, unobjectionable, unoffending |
| Antonyms: | bad, damaging, destructive, harmful, hurtful, injurious |
| Main Entry: | mundane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ordinary |
| Synonyms: | banal, commonplace, earthly, everyday, humdrum*, lowly, normal, prosaic, routine, worldly, day-to-day, workaday, workday |
| Antonyms: | exciting, extraordinary, heavenly, supernatural, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pedestrian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | everyday, dull |
| Synonyms: | banal, blah*, boring, commonplace, dim, dreary, flat, humdrum*, inane, jejune, mediocre, monotonous, mundane, ordinary, prosaic, run-of-the-mill*, stodgy, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting, wishy-washy*, banausic, monotone, platitudinous, plodding, truistic |
| Antonyms: | different, exceptional, extraordinary, interesting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plebeian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | base, lower-class |
| Synonyms: | banal, coarse, common, conventional, humble, ignoble, low, lowly, mean, ordinary, pedestrian, popular, traditional, uncultivated, unrefined, unsophisticated, vulgar, lowborn, proletarian, unwashed, working-class |
| Antonyms: | aristocratic, noble, rich, wealthy, upper-class |
| Main Entry: | prosaic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unimaginative |
| Synonyms: | actual, banal, blah*, boring, clean, colorless, common, commonplace, dead*, drab, dry, dull, everyday, factual, flat*, hackneyed, humdrum*, irksome, lackluster, lifeless, literal, lowly, monotonous, mundane, nothing, ordinary, pabulum*, pedestrian, plebeian, practicable, practical, prose, routine, square, stale, tame, tedious, trite, uneventful, unexceptional, vanilla*, vapid, yawn*, zero*, diddly, garden-variety, ho-hum, lusterless, matter-of- fact, nowhere, platitudinous, prosy, uninspiring, workaday |
| Antonyms: | creative, imaginative, interesting, thinking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stereotyped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | standard, conventional |
| Synonyms: | banal, commonplace, corny*, dull, hackneyed, ordinary, stale, standardized, stock, threadbare*, tired*, trite, unoriginal, worn-out, cliché-ridden, clichéd, mass-produced, overused, platitudinous, played out, well-worn, worn thin |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar, unconventional, unlike |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stock |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commonplace |
| Synonyms: | banal, basic, common, conventional, customary, dull, established, formal, hackneyed, normal, ordinary, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill*, set, standard, staple, stereotyped, traditional, trite, typical, usual, worn-out, overused |
| Antonyms: | different, original, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tedious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, monotonous |
| Synonyms: | annoying, arid, banal, boring, drab, dragging, dreary, dry, dusty*, endless, humdrum, insipid, irksome, laborious, lifeless, mortal, pabulum*, poky*, prosaic, slow, snooze*, soporific, tiresome, tiring, unexciting, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome, bromidic, draggy, drudging, dull as dishwater, enervating, exhausting, fatiguing, ho-hum, long-drawn-out, prosy, weariful |
| Antonyms: | entertaining, exciting, interesting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trifling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant, worthless |
| Synonyms: | banal, dinky*, empty, frivolous, hollow, idle, idling, inane, inconsequential, insipid, jejune, measly, minuscule, negligible, niggling*, nugatory, paltry, petty, picayune, piddling, puny, shallow, silly, slight, small, tiny, trivial, unimportant, vain, valueless, vapid, forget it, inconsiderable, loitering, no big deal, no big thing |
| Antonyms: | important, significant, useful, worthwhile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly, commonplace |
| Synonyms: | banal, chain, cliché, common, corny*, drained, dull, exhausted, flat, hackneyed, hokey*, jejune, moth-eaten*, musty*, old hat, ordinary, pedestrian, prosaic, ready-made, routine, run-of-the-mill*, set, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, uninspired, unoriginal, vapid, worn, worn-out, bathetic, bromidic, clichéd, cornball, familiar tune, mildewed, platitudinous, used-up, warmed-over, well-worn |
| Antonyms: | desirable, important, impressive, original, pertinent, relevant, uncommon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unimaginative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, predictable |
| Synonyms: | banal, barren, common, commonplace, derivative, dime a dozen, dry, flat, hackneyed, lifeless, matter-of-fact, ordinary, pabulum, pedestrian, prosaic, routine, square*, tame, tedious, trite, uninspired, unoriginal, usual, vanilla*, zero*, bromidic, dull as dishwater, ho hum, uncreative, unromantic, well-worn |
| Antonyms: | creative, imaginative, original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uninteresting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boring, uneventful |
| Synonyms: | arid, banal, common, commonplace, depressing, dismal, drab, dreary, dry, dull, dusty*, flat, humdrum, insipid, irksome, jejune, monotonous, nothing*, pedestrian, prosaic, soporific, stale, stupid, tedious, tired, tiresome, trite, unexciting, wearisome, big yawn, bromidic, fatiguing, ho hum, nowhere, prosy, unenjoyable, unentertaining, uninspiring |
| Antonyms: | eventful, exciting, interesting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wishy-washy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bland, dull |
| Synonyms: | banal, cowardly, enervated, feeble, flat, flavorless, indecisive, ineffective, ineffectual, insipid, irresolute, jejune, languid, listless, mediocre, namby-pamby*, spiritless, tasteless, thin, vacillating, vapid, watered-down, watery, wavering, weak, characterless, sapless, weak-kneed |
| Antonyms: | dynamic, exciting, interesting, lively |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bland |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tasteless; undistinctive |
| Synonyms: | banal, blah*, boring, dull, flat, flavorless, humdrum, insipid, monotonous, nothing, pabulum*, tame, tedious, unexciting, uninteresting, vanilla*, vapid, watery, weak, wishy-washy*, zero*, dull as dishwater, ho hum, milk-and-water, nerdy, sapless*, uninspiring, unstimulating, waterish, wimpy |
| Antonyms: | delicious, distinctive, sharp, tasty, yummy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | common |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average, ordinary |
| Synonyms: | accepted, banal, bourgeois, casual, characteristic, colloquial, commonplace, conventional, current, customary, daily, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, hackneyed, homely, humdrum, informal, mediocre, monotonous, natural, obscure, passable, plain, prevailing, prevalent, probable, prosaic, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill*, simple, stale, standard, stereotyped, stock, trite, trivial, typical, undistinguished, universal, usual, wearisome, worn-out, comformable, unvaried, workaday |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, extraordinary, infrequent, noteworthy, rare, scarce, uncommon, unusual, valuable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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