Thesaurus:boring

Thesaurus

boring

English

Adjective

Sense: causing boredom; unable to engage or hold the interest

Synonyms

• banal
• beat (slang)
• blah
• bland
• boring
• cold    [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
• colourless
• drab
• dreich (Northern England, North Midlands, Northern Ireland, Scotland)
• drowsy
• dull
• dull as dishwater
• flat
• ho-hum
• humdrum
• insipid    [⇒ thesaurus]
• lackluster
• lame
• languid
• lifeless
• longsome (UK dialect)
• monotonous
• mundane    [⇒ thesaurus]
• no fun at parties
• plain
• plodding
• prosaic
• prosy
• pedantic
• pedestrian
• static
• straightforward
• snoozeworthy
• soporific    [⇒ thesaurus]
• tedious
• uncool
• wan
• weaksauce (originally and chiefly US, informal)
• wooden
• uninteresting
• stodgy
• vapid
• vanilla

Antonyms

• arousing
• captivating
• charming
• engaging
• enchanting
• fascinating
• entertaining
• exciting    [⇒ thesaurus]
• interesting

Hyponyms

• wearisome    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• familiar    [⇒ thesaurus]
• moving    [⇒ thesaurus]
• normal    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:bore
• Thesaurus:common
• Thesaurus:soporific

Further reading

• “841. weariness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “boring” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.