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banal
Synonyms and Antonyms of banal
- the sort of banal story that appeals to readers not looking for intellectual stimulation
unexciting, uninspiring, unrewarding
bland, boring, drab, dreary, dry, dull, heavy, humdrum, jading, leaden, lifeless, monotonous, pedestrian, ponderous, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome, weary, wearying
- Please find new ways of phrasing your thoughts instead of relying on banal expressions.
cliché, clichéd, commonplace, hack, hackney, hackneyed, moth-eaten, musty, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
canned, derivative, imitative, tried-and-true, unimaginative, uninspired, unoriginal
boring, colorless, drab, dreary, dry, dull, dusty, flat, heavy, humdrum, leaden, monotonous, numbing, old, pedestrian, ponderous, prosaic, stodgy, stuffy, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome, weary, wearying
Synonym Discussion of banal
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- an insipid romance with platitudes on every page
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- an exciting story given a vapid treatment
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- although well-regarded in its day, the novel now seems flat
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- a jejune and gassy speech
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- a banal tale of unrequited love
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- an inane interpretation of the play
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