BANALITY Synonyms
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 | nounn | |||||||
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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 |