Synonyms for nondescript
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Unremarkable — without distinguishing qualities or characteristics
unremarkable, unexceptional, ordinary, plain, simple, undescript
2. Unidentified — not described (in the academic literature)
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not described (in the academic literature).
- adj. 2
Without distinguishing qualities or characteristics.
He drove a nondescript silver sedan.
Related words
- Other spellings
- non-descript
Example sentences
- ordinary Leonid is just an ordinary man without experience.
- unremarkable I was born in the inland, in an unremarkable town.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| nondescript | rising | |
| ordinary | falling | |
| unremarkable | rising | |
| unexceptional | rising | |
| characterless | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- plain1, queer1
- 6 letters
- simple2
- 8 letters
- ordinary4
- 10 letters
- undescript
- 11 letters
- undescribed
- 12 letters
- unidentified5, unremarkable5
- 13 letters
- unexceptional, characterless
- 14 letters
- unclassifiable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (simple2 = 2 syllables).