Synonyms for insipid
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Vapid — flat; lacking character or definition
vapid, bland, dull, uninteresting, stupid, characterless, lifeless, banal, weak, vacuous, prosaic, boring, pointless, milquetoast informal, tame, lackluster US, lack-lustre UK, lacklustre UK, sickly, humdrum, underwhelming, mundane, cold, colorless US, colourless UK
2. Tasteless — unappetizingly flavorless
tasteless, flavorless US, flavourless UK, unsavory US, unsavoury UK, stale, watery, savorless US, savourless UK, mawkish dated, flat dated, gustless dated, wearish dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Unappetizingly flavorless.
The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.
- adj. 2
Flat; lacking character or definition.
The textbook had a most insipid presentation of the controversy.
Related words
- Word family
- insipidity insipidly insipidness
- Is a kind of
- imperceptible
Example sentences
- bland This soup is somehow bland. Maybe add more salt...?
- uninteresting The majority of the songs became uninteresting.
- vapid What kind of vapid comments will I get on this sentence?
- tasteless Fish can be dry and tasteless if it's overcooked.
- flavorless This may be pilaf, but it's completely flavorless.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| insipid | steady | |
| bland | rising | |
| uninteresting | steady | |
| vapid | rising | |
| characterless | steady | |
| tasteless | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- cold1, weak1, flat1, dull1, tame1
- 5 letters
- bland1, stale1, banal2, vapid2
- 6 letters
- stupid2, boring2, watery3, sickly2, jejune2
- 7 letters
- mundane2, prosaic3, vacuous3, humdrum2, mawkish2, wearish
- 8 letters
- lifeless2, unsavory4, gustless
- 9 letters
- pointless2, colorless3, tasteless2, unsavoury, savorless
- 10 letters
- lackluster3, lacklustre, colourless, flavorless3, savourless
- 11 letters
- milquetoast, flavourless
- 13 letters
- uninteresting4, underwhelming, characterless
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (banal2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- insipide
- Español
- insulso
- Deutsch
- geschmacklos