Entry Word: stale

Function: adjective

Meaning: used or heard so often as to be dull <viewers were bored by the stale story lines of the new crop of sitcoms>

Synonyms banal, commonplace, hackney, hackneyed, moth-eaten, musty, stereotyped, threadbare, tired, trite

Related Words canned, unimaginative, uninspired, unoriginal; normal, ordinary, rote, routine, standard, stock, typical, usual; boring, drab, dreary, dry, dull, flat, heavy, humdrum, jading, leaden, monotonous, pedestrian, ponderous, prosaic, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, unanimated, undramatic, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome, weary, wearying; corny, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy, sugarcoated, sugary

Near Antonyms animating, energizing, enlivening, exciting, galvanizing, invigorating, stimulating; absorbing, engaging, engrossing, gripping, interesting, intriguing, involving; atypical, extraordinary, uncommon, unusual

Antonyms fresh, new, original