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Synonyms for monotonous

  • adjective

Most common

dull humdrum tedious boring monotone monotonic

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Dull — tedious, repetitious, or lacking in variety

dull, humdrum, tedious, boring, wearisome, repetitive, repetitious, tiresome, unvarying, uninteresting, banal, routine, uniform, prosaic, vapid, soporific, same, even, steady, dry, drowsy, recurrent

2. Monotone — having an unvarying pitch or tone

monotone, monotonic, flat, level

Other

one-note

Antonyms

lively, various, wonderful

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Having an unvarying pitch or tone.

  2. adj. 2

    Tedious, repetitious, or lacking in variety.

Related words

Word family
monotone monotony

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.
  • humdrum I'm tired of this humdrum existence.
  • wearisome The work required to investigate that is boring and wearisome.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
monotonoussteady
boringrising
tedioussteady
humdrumsteady
wearisomesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
dry1
4 letters
even2, same1, flat1, dull1
5 letters
level2, banal2, vapid2
6 letters
boring2, steady2, drowsy2
7 letters
routine2, uniform3, tedious3, prosaic3, humdrum2
8 letters
tiresome3, monotone3
9 letters
recurrent3, monotonic, soporific, wearisome3, unvarying
10 letters
repetitive4
11 letters
repetitious4
13 letters
uninteresting4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (even2 = 2 syllables).