| 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: | hackneyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clichéd, tired |
Synonyms: |
antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, conventional, corny*, everyday, familiar tune, hokey, moth-eaten, obsolete, old, old-chestnut, old-hat, old-saw, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, overworked, pedestrian*, played-out, quotidian, run-of-the-mill, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tripe, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
fresh, new, original, uncommon |
| 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| Definition: | overused, out-of-date |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: | threadbare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trite, corny |
Synonyms: |
banal, bathetic, cliché, cliché-ridden, clichéd, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, everyday, familiar, hackneyed, imitative, moth-eaten, musty, overused, poor, set, stale, stereotyped, stock, tedious, tired, uncreative, well-worn, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
fresh, unused, unworn |
| 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: | unimaginative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, predictable |
Synonyms: |
banal, barren, bromidic, common, commonplace, derivative, dime a dozen, dry, dull as dishwater, flat, hackneyed, ho hum, lifeless, matter-of-fact, ordinary, pabulum, pedestrian, prosaic, routine, square*, tame, tedious, trite, uncreative, uninspired, unoriginal, unromantic, usual, vanilla, well-worn, zero* |
Antonyms: |
creative, imaginative, original |
| Main Entry: | worn/worn-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used, tired |
Synonyms: |
beat, burned out, bushed, busted, clichéd, consumed, depleted, destroyed, deteriorated, drained, drawn, effete, exhausted, fatigued, frayed, gone, hackneyed, had it, haggard, jaded, kaput, knocked out, old, out of gas, overused, overworked, pinched, played out, pooped, ragged, ruined, shabby, shot, spent, stale, tattered, the worse for wear, threadbare, timeworn, tired out, totaled, used up, useless, wearied, weary, well-worn, wiped out, worn down, wrung out |
Antonyms: |
fresh, new, unused |
| Main Entry: | worn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used |
Synonyms: |
beat, burned out, bushed, busted, clichéd, consumed, depleted, destroyed, deteriorated, dinged, drained, drawn, effete, exhausted, fatigued, frayed, gone, hackneyed, had it, haggard, jaded, kaput, knocked out, old, overused, overworked, pegged out, pinched, played-out, pooped, ragged, ruined, shabby, shot, spent, stale, tattered, threadbare, timeworn, tired, tired out, totaled, used up, useless, wearied, weary, well-worn, wiped out, worn-down, worn-out, wrung out |
Antonyms: |
fresh, new, unused |
| 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 |