Synonyms for lackluster
- adjective
- American English
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Dull — not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest; having no vitality
dull, so-so informal, middling, bland, insipid, drab, weak sauce, lifeless, unexceptional, indifferent, vapid, tedious, pallid, flat, prosaic, moderate, bloodless, tolerable, ordinary, pedestrian, wan, prosy
Other
lusterless US, lustreless UK, mailed-in, lacklustrous
Definitions
- adj. 1
Lacking brilliance or intelligence.
- adj. 2
Having no shine or luster; dull.
- adj. 3
Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest; having no vitality.
The actor gave a lackluster performance in his latest film.
Related words
- Other spellings
- lack-lustre UK lacklustre UK
Example sentences
- bland This soup is somehow bland. Maybe add more salt...?
- drab This morning, the world is grey and drab.
- middling Voters of the middling sort don't see it that way.
- insipid Water tastes insipid after it has been boiled.
- dingy Lacking proper lighting, Tammy's room was depressingly dingy.
- leaden Golden words are often followed by leaden acts.
By length
- 3 letters
- wan1, dim1
- 4 letters
- flat1, dull1, drab1
- 5 letters
- thick1, faint1, muddy2, bland1, dingy2, vapid2, prosy
- 6 letters
- simple2, pallid2, leaden2
- 7 letters
- tedious3, insipid3, prosaic3
- 8 letters
- ordinary4, moderate3, lifeless2, middling3
- 9 letters
- tolerable4, bloodless2, unholiday
- 10 letters
- pedestrian4, lusterless, lustreless
- 11 letters
- indifferent3
- 12 letters
- lacklustrous
- 13 letters
- unexceptional
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (muddy2 = 2 syllables).