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obligatory
Synonyms and Antonyms of obligatory
1
forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law
2
used or heard so often as to be dull
banal, cliché (also cliche), clichéd, cobwebby, commonplace, hack, hackney, hackneyed, moth-eaten, musty, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
bromidic, platitudinal, platitudinous
canned, cardboard, conventional, cookie-cutter, derivative, imitative, ready-made, tried-and-true, unimaginative, uninspired, unoriginal
normal, ordinary, rote, routine, standard, stock, typical, usual
arid, barren, boring, colorless, drab, dreary, drudging, dry, dull, dusty, flat, heavy, ho-hum, humdrum, jading, jejune, leaden, mind-numbing, monotonous, numbing, old, pedantic, pedestrian, ponderous, prosaic, stodgy, stuffy, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, undramatic, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome, weary, wearying
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