| Main Entry: | platitudinous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trite |
Synonyms: |
banal, bathetic, bromidic, chain, cliched, cliché, clichéd, common, commonplace, cornball, corny*, drained, dull, exhausted, familiar tune, flat*, hackneyed*, hokey, jejune, mildewed, moth-eaten, musty, old hat, ordinary, overused, overworked, pedestrian, platitudinal, prosaic, ready-made, routine, run-of-the-mill, set, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, uninspired, unoriginal, used-up, vapid, warmed-over, well-worn, worn, worn-out |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | pedestrian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | everyday, dull |
Synonyms: |
banal, banausic, blah*, boring, commonplace, dim, dreary, flat, humdrum*, inane, jejune, mediocre, monotone, monotonous, mundane, ordinary, platitudinous, plodding, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, stodgy, truistic, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting, wishy-washy |
Antonyms: |
different, exceptional, extraordinary, interesting |
| Main Entry: | prosaic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unimaginative |
Synonyms: |
actual, banal, blah*, boring, clean, colorless, common, commonplace, dead*, diddly, drab, dry, dull, everyday, factual, flat*, garden-variety, hackneyed, ho-hum, humdrum*, irksome, lackluster, lifeless, literal, lowly, lusterless, matter-of- fact, monotonous, mundane, nothing, nowhere, ordinary, pabulum, pedestrian, platitudinous, plebeian, practicable, practical, prose, prosy, routine, square, stale, tame, tedious, trite, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspiring, vanilla, vapid, workaday, yawn, zero* |
Antonyms: |
creative, imaginative, interesting, thinking |
| Main Entry: | stale |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overused, out-of-date |
Synonyms: |
antiquated, banal, bent, cliché, cliché-ridden, clichéd, common, commonplace, corny*, dead, drab, dull, dusty, effete, flat, fusty, hackneyed, insipid, like a dinosaur, mawkish, moth-eaten, out*, passé, past, platitudinous, repetitious, shopworn, stereotyped, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, worn-out, yesterday's, zestless |
Antonyms: |
current, fresh, new, underused |
| Main Entry: | stereotyped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | standard, conventional |
Synonyms: |
banal, cliché-ridden, clichéd, commonplace, corny*, dull, hackneyed, mass-produced, ordinary, overused, platitudinous, played out, stale, standardized, stock, threadbare, tired*, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, worn thin, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
different, dissimilar, unconventional, unlike |
| Main Entry: | trite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly, commonplace |
Synonyms: |
banal, bathetic, bromidic, chain, cliché, clichéd, common, cornball, corny*, drained, dull, exhausted, familiar tune, flat, hackneyed, hokey, jejune, mildewed, moth-eaten, musty, old hat, ordinary, pedestrian, platitudinous, prosaic, ready-made, routine, run-of-the-mill, set, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, uninspired, unoriginal, used-up, vapid, warmed-over, well-worn, worn, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
desirable, important, impressive, original, pertinent, relevant, uncommon |
| Main Entry: | bromidic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trite |
Synonyms: |
banal, clichéd, commonplace, dull, hackneyed, overused, platitudinal, platitudinous, prosaic, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, unimaginative, unoriginal, warmed-over, well-worn, worn-out |
| Main Entry: | clichéd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trite |
Synonyms: |
banal, bromidic, commonplace, corny, hackneyed, overused, passé, platitudinal, platitudinous, routine, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, stock, timeworn, tired, unimaginative, unoriginal, well-worn, worn-out |