Related Words for banal

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trite
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Adjective, Adjective
hackneyed
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Adjective, Adjective
commonplace
/xx
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
trivial
/xx
Noun, Adjective
tired
/x
Adjective, Adjective
ordinary
/xxx
Adjective, Adjective
stock
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Adjective, Adjective
threadbare
/x
Adjective, Adjective
prosaic
x/x
Adjective
mundane
x/
Adjective
inane
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Noun
insipid
x/x
Adjective
vapid
/x
Adjective
vacuous
/xx
Adjective
quotidian
//xx
Noun
uninteresting
x/xx
Adjective
bland
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Noun
puerile
/x
Adjective
anodyne
/xx
Noun
humdrum
/x
Noun
formulaic
xx/x
Adjective
boring
/x
Noun, Verb
artless
/x
Adjective
repetitious
xx/x
Adjective
innocuous
x/xx
Adjective
tawdry
/x
Adjective
unimaginative
xx/xxx
Adjective
grotesque
x/
Adjective
vulgar
/x
Noun
perfunctory
x/xx
Adjective
inconsequential
xxx/x
Adjective
fatuous
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Adjective
outlandish
x/x
Adjective
superficial
xx/x
Adjective
tasteless
/x
Adjective
overwrought
xx/
Adjective
repetitive
x/xx
Adjective
triviality
xx/xx
Noun
melodramatic
xxx/x
Adjective
monotonous
x/xx
Adjective
crass
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Noun
tiresome
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Adjective
uninspiring
xx/x
Adjective
saccharine
/xx
Noun
absurd
x/
Adjective
dull
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Adjective
pointless
/x
Adjective
forgettable
x/xx
Adjective
meaningless
/xx
Adjective
depressingly
x/xx
Adverb
incomprehensible
xxx/xx
Adjective
unremarkable
xx/xx
Adjective
platitude
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Noun
lugubrious
x/xx
Adjective
sublime
x/
Noun
unexceptional
xx/xx
Adjective
pretentious
x/x
Adjective
corny
/x
Noun
soulless
/x
Adjective
simplistic
x/x
Adjective
preposterous
x/xx
Adjective
ghastly
/x
Adjective
tautological
/x/xx
Adjective
incongruous
x/xx
Adjective
glib
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Noun
bizarre
x/
Adjective
silly
/x
Adjective
surreal
x/
Adjective
flippant
/x
Adjective
farcical
/xx
Adjective
maudlin
/x
Noun
drab
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Noun
unintelligible
xx/xxx
Adjective
droll
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Adjective
obtuse
x/
Adjective
highbrow
/x
Noun
solipsistic
x/xx
Adjective
nauseating
/xxx
Adjective
grandiose
xx/
Adjective
sordid
/x
Adjective
workaday
/xx
Adjective
obscure
x/
Adjective
superfluous
/xx
Adjective
irrelevant
x/xx
Adjective
petty
/x
Noun
nonsensical
x/xx
Adjective
unimportant
xx/x
Adjective
cheesy
/x
Noun
conventional
x/xx
Adjective
vanilla
x/x
Noun
dragging
/x
Verb
blah
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
earthbound
/x
Noun
mindless
/x
Adjective
played out
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Phrase, Adjective
flat
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Adjective
tedious
/xx
Adjective
average
/xx
Noun
deadly
/x
Adjective
common
/x
Adjective
literal
/xx
Adjective
dead
/
Adjective
simple
/x
Adjective
beaten
/x
Verb
whatever
x/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
dull as dishwater
///xx
Phrase, Adjective
pedestrian
x/xx
Noun
uninformative
xx/xx
Adjective
lackluster
/xx
Adjective
plain
/
Noun
mediocre
xx/x
Adjective
lame
/
Noun
derivative
x/xx
Noun
dowdy
/x
Noun
indifferent
x/x
Adjective
shallow
/x
Adjective
cold
/
Noun
dumb
/
Adjective
languid
/x
Adjective
stagnant
/x
Adjective
truism
/xx
Noun
pleasantries
/xx
Noun
lordship
/x
Noun
generalities
xx/xx
Noun
cosmopolitanism
xx/xxxx
Noun
sentimentality
xxx/xx
Noun
chatter
/x
Noun
nevi
/x
Noun
lyrics
/x
Noun
nationalism
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Noun
remark
x/
Noun
sojourn
/x
Noun
anecdotal
xx/x
Adjective
casual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
cheap
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
distasteful
x/x
Adjective
enigmatic
xx/x
Adjective
everyday
/x/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
familiar
x/x
Adjective, Noun
generic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
homely
/x
Adjective
incidental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
indelicate
x/xx
Adjective
mannered
/x
Adjective
mystifying
/xxx
Adjective
puzzling
/xx
Adjective, Noun
routine
x/
Adjective, Noun
tacky
/x
Adjective, Noun
tame
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
typical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
ugly
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
expression
x/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
tell
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Verb, Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective