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BANALITY Synonyms

There are 18 synonyms of the word banality. (exact relations)
There are 4 hypernyms of the word banality. (close relations)
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commonplace
adjectiveadj
noun

• a trite or obvious remark

adjective satellite

• completely ordinary and unremarkable

• not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

platitude
nounn
noun

• a trite or obvious remark

dullness
nounn
noun

• the quality of being slow to understand

• the quality of lacking interestingness

• a lack of visual brightness

• lack of sensibility

• without sharpness or clearness of edge or point

insipidity
nounn
noun

• extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest

• lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property

mediocrity
nounn
noun

• ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding

• a person of second-rate ability or value

mundanity
nounn
noun

• the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment

• the quality of being commonplace and ordinary

ordinariness
nounn
noun

• the quality of being commonplace and ordinary

predictability
nounn
noun

• the quality of being predictable

repetitiveness
nounn
noun

• verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions

routine
nounn
noun

• an unvarying or habitual method or procedure

• a short performance that is part of a longer program

• a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

adjective satellite

• found in the ordinary course of events

staleness
nounn
noun

• unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed

• having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging

tedium
nounn
noun

• the feeling of being bored by something tedious

• dullness owing to length or slowness

triteness
nounn
noun

• unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed

unoriginality
nounn
noun

• uncreativeness due to a lack of originality

• the quality of being unoriginal

pedestrianism
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bathos
nounn
noun

• triteness or triviality of style

• insincere pathos

• a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one

bromide
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs

• a trite or obvious remark

cliche
nounn
noun

• a trite or obvious remark

Best Hypernyms For BANALITY

Here is a list of related hypernyms for banality, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
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comment input remark truism

Alternatives for COMMONPLACE

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