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| Main Entry: | vanilla |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple, unadorned |
| Synonyms: | austere, clean, elementary, folksy, homely, humble, modest, plain, rustic, uncomplicated, unembellished, unpretentious, inelaborate, pure and simple, uncluttered, undecorated, unelaborate, unornamented, unostentatious, your basic |
| Main Entry: | commonplace |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | usual, everyday |
| Synonyms: | colorless, conventional, corny*, customary, familiar, hackneyed, humdrum, lowly, mainstream, mediocre, middle-of-the-road*, middling, mundane, natural, normal, obvious, ordinary, pedestrian, plebeian, prevalent, prosaic, run-of-the-mill*, stale, starch, stereotyped, threadbare, trite, typical, uneventful, unexceptional, uninteresting, vanilla*, widespread, worn-out, boiler plate, characterless, clichéd, dime-a-dozen, familiar tune, garden variety, matter-of-course, unnoteworthy, workaday |
| Antonyms: | exceptional, infrequent, peculiar, rare, uncommon, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | everyday |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, average, commonplace, conventional, customary, daily, dime a dozen, dull, familiar, frequent, habitual, informal, lowly, mainstream, middle-of-the-road*, mundane, normal, ordinary, per diem, plain, prosaic, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill*, stock, unexceptional, unimaginative, usual, vanilla*, wonted, garden variety, unremarkable, whitebread, workaday |
| Notes: | everyday is an adjective and it means 'casual' or 'informal' with an implied contrast to formality, as well as the meaning of 'familiar, ordinary' in contrast with 'strange, unusual'; the time expression is written separately - every day |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, different, exceptional, special, uncommon, unexpected, unfamiliar, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | humdrum |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boring, uneventful |
| Synonyms: | arid, blah, common, commonplace, dim, dime a dozen, drab, dreary, dull, everyday, insipid, lifeless, monotonous, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, repetitious, routine, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting, vanilla*, wearisome, banausic, bromidic, garden-variety, monotone, plodding, prosy, toneless, treadmill, unvaried, white-bread |
| Antonyms: | busy, eventful, exciting, lively, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lackluster |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, lifeless |
| Synonyms: | blah*, blind, boring, colorless, dark, dead, dim, drab, dry, flat*, laid-back*, leaden, nothing*, obscure, pabulum*, prosaic, unimaginative, uninspired, vanilla*, vapid, zero*, draggy, ho-hum, lusterless, matte, muted, sombre |
| Antonyms: | bright, enthusiastic, lively, shining, shiny, spirited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mediocre |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average, commonplace |
| Synonyms: | colorless, common, conventional, decent, dull, fair, fair to middling, humdrum*, indifferent, inferior, insignificant, intermediate, mainstream, mean, medium, middling, moderate, ordinary, passable, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill*, second-rate, so-so*, standard, tolerable, undistinguished, unexceptional, uninspired, vanilla*, characterless, fairish, no great shakes, of poor quality |
| Antonyms: | exceptional, extraordinary, inferior, superior, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | standard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | regular, approved |
| Synonyms: | accepted, authoritative, average, basic, canonical, classic, common, customary, definitive, established, everyday, general, normal, official, orthodox, popular, prevailing, recognized, regulation, run-of-the-mill*, set, staple, stock, typical, usual, vanilla*, boilerplate, garden variety |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, different, irregular, unusual |
* = 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: | unvarnished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plain, honest |
| Synonyms: | bare, candid, clean, folksy*, frank, genuine, homey*, naked, open, pure, simple, sincere, stark, straight, straightforward, unadorned, unconcealed, unembellished, vanilla*, for real, open and shut, pure and simple, undisguised, undissembled |
| Antonyms: | dishonest, falsified |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | usual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, typical |
| Synonyms: | accepted, accustomed, average, chronic, commonplace, constant, conventional, current, customary, cut-and-dried*, everyday, expected, familiar, fixed, frequent, general, grind, habitual, mainstream, natural, normal, ordinary, plain, plastic, prevailing, prevalent, quotidian, regular, rife, routine, run-of-the-mill*, so-so*, standard, stock, vanilla*, wonted, garden variety, matter-of-course, typic, unremarkable, white-bread, workaday |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, atypical, irregular, uncommon, unusual |
* = 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: | clean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not dirty; uncluttered |
| Synonyms: | apple-pie order*, blank, bright, clear, delicate, elegant, faultless, flawless, fresh, graceful, hygienic, immaculate, neat, orderly, pure, sanitary, shining, simple, snowy, sparkling, spotless, squeaky, stainless, tidy, trim, unblemished, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, vanilla*, washed, white, cleansed, dirtless, laundered, neat as a button, neat as a pin, speckless, spic and span, taintless, unpolluted, unsmudged, unsoiled, unspotted, well-kept |
| Antonyms: | dirty, filthy, foul, cluttered, polluted, stained, tarnished |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mild |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gentle, temperate, nonirritating |
| Synonyms: | balmy, benign, blah*, bland, breezy, calm, choice, clear, clement, cool, dainty, delicate, easy, emollient, exquisite, faint, fine, flat, genial, lenient, light, lukewarm, medium, mellow, moderate, nothing, pabulum, pacific, peaceful, placid, smooth, soft, soothing, sunny, tepid, untroubled, vanilla*, warm, weak, benignant, demulcent, ho-hum, lenitive, mollifying, nothing much, tempered, wimpy |
| Antonyms: | fierce, harsh, rough, violent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tasteless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without flavor |
| Synonyms: | blah*, bland, boring, distasteful, dull, flat, flavorless, insipid, mild, pabulum*, plain, stale, tame, thin, unappetizing, uninspired, uninteresting, unpalatable, unsavory, unseasoned, vanilla*, vapid, watered-down, watery, weak, zero*, big zero, nowhere, plain vanilla, savorless, unpleasurable, without spice |
| Antonyms: | appetizing, flavorful, savory, tasty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, lackluster to the senses |
| Synonyms: | banal, blah, bland, blind, boring, colorless, dead, dim, drab, flavorless, inane, innocuous, insipid, jejune, lifeless, monotonous, pointless, prosaic, spiritless, stale, tasteless, tedious, uninteresting, unpalatable, unsavory, unseasoned, vanilla*, vapid, watery, weak, draggy, ho hum, lead balloon, matte, muted, prosy, sapless, whitebread |
| Antonyms: | bubbly, effervescent, sharp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | neutral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flat, dull to senses |
| Synonyms: | abstract, achromatic, colorless, drab, expressionless, indeterminate, indistinct, indistinguishable, intermediate, undefined, vague, vanilla, toneless |
| Antonyms: | bright, loud, strong |
| Main Entry: | ordinary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average; not distinctive |
| Synonyms: | common, commonplace, conventional, dull, fair, familiar, garden*, generic, habitual, homespun, household, humble, indifferent, inferior, mean, mediocre, modest, normal, pedestrian, plain, plastic, prosaic, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill*, second-rate, simple, so-so*, stereotyped, undistinguished, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspired, unpretentious, usual, vanilla*, characterless, garden variety, no great shakes, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unremarkable, white-bread, workaday |
| Antonyms: | different, distinctive, remarkable, special |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | simple |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncluttered, natural |
| Synonyms: | Spartan, absolute, austere, classic, clean, discreet, elementary, folksy, homely, homey, humble, lowly, mere, modest, plain, pure, rustic, sheer, single, unadorned, unadulterated, unaffected, uncomplicated, unembellished, unmitigated, unpretentious, unqualified, vanilla*, inelaborate, not complex, open and shut, pure and simple, unalloyed, unblended, uncombined, uncompounded, undecorated, unelaborate, unfussy, unmixed, unornamented, unostentatious |
| Antonyms: | jumbled, ornate, cluttered, decorated, embellished |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | austere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grim, barren |
| Synonyms: | bald, bare, bleak, clean, dour, plain, primitive, rustic, severe, simple, spare, spartan, stark, subdued, unadorned, unembellished, vanilla*, bare-bones |
| Antonyms: | extravagant, luxurious |
* = 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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