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Related Words for banal
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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| trite | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| hackneyed | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| commonplace | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| trivial | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| tired | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| ordinary | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| stock | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| threadbare | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| mundane | x/ | Adjective |
| inane | x/ | Noun |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| vapid | /x | Adjective |
| vacuous | /xx | Adjective |
| quotidian | //xx | Noun |
| uninteresting | x/xx | Adjective |
| bland | / | 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 | /xx | 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 | / | Noun |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| uninspiring | xx/x | Adjective |
| saccharine | /xx | Noun |
| absurd | x/ | Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| pointless | /x | Adjective |
| forgettable | x/xx | Adjective |
| meaningless | /xx | Adjective |
| depressingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| incomprehensible | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| unremarkable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| platitude | /xx | 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 | / | Noun |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| surreal | x/ | Adjective |
| flippant | /x | Adjective |
| farcical | /xx | Adjective |
| maudlin | /x | Noun |
| drab | / | Noun |
| unintelligible | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| droll | / | 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 | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| flat | / | 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 | /xxxx | 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 | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
