Synonyms for ho-hum
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Dull — boring; not interesting or novel
dull, boring, prosaic, vapid, lifeless, tedious, tiresome, slow, wearisome, irksome, cold, humdrum, lackluster US, lack-lustre UK, lacklustre UK, mundane, insipid, uninteresting, monotonous, stodgy, plodding, stuffy, pedestrian
Definitions
- adj. 1
Boring; not interesting or novel.
She wore ho-hum clothes, but practical ones.
Related words
- Other spellings
- ho hum
Example sentences
- boring The show was so boring that Ann and I fell asleep.
- tedious The journey, as I recall it, was long and tedious.
- prosaic She soon grew tired of her prosaic life.
- vapid What kind of vapid comments will I get on this sentence?
By length
- 4 letters
- cold1, slow1, dull1
- 5 letters
- vapid2
- 6 letters
- boring2, stuffy2, stodgy2
- 7 letters
- tedious3, mundane2, prosaic3, insipid3, humdrum2, irksome2
- 8 letters
- lifeless2, tiresome3, plodding2
- 9 letters
- wearisome3
- 10 letters
- pedestrian4, lackluster3, monotonous4, lacklustre
- 13 letters
- uninteresting4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vapid2 = 2 syllables).