Synonyms of yawner

yawner

noun

ˈyȯ-nər 

as in bore

someone or something boring

even die-hard opera fans are finding this production to be a real yawner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bore
• yawn
• drip
• snoozer
• snooze
• dullsville
• drag
• downer
• droner
• nudnik
• bummer
• bromide
• pill

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blast
• rush
• gas
• kick
• upper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of yawner

With all that going on, Joel Embiid’s 42 against New Orleans Monday was a yawner. — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023

If the stakes had not been so high—with election deniers on the ballot and the GOP running as the party of destruction—this would have been seen as a yawner of a midterm. — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 Nov. 2022

Heading into the final, the Wolverines threatened to make a yawner out of what would prove to be their first title since 1989. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019

Psychologists have claimed that contagious yawning is linked to empathy in humans—those who yawn back are thought to be empathizing with the initial yawner’s feelings of boredom, fatigue or stress. — Erica Tennenhouse, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2018