Synonyms for repetitious
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Repetitive
repetitive, monotonous, tedious, tiresome, repeating, recurrent, habitual, iterative, perennial, reiterative, repetitional
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Characterized by repetition, especially excessive repetition.
Near-synonyms: tedious; see also Thesaurus:wearisome
Example sentences
- repetitive The repetitive nature of my days is tiring me.
- tedious The journey, as I recall it, was long and tedious.
- tiresome I never, ever want to do that tiresome work again.
- monotonous Everyday life can get a bit monotonous at times.
- tautological Tom tautologically said that tautological tautology is tautological.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| repetitious | falling | |
| repetitive | rising | |
| tedious | steady | |
| tiresome | steady | |
| monotonous | steady | |
| tautological | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- tedious3
- 8 letters
- tiresome3, habitual4
- 9 letters
- repeating3, perennial4, recurrent3, iterative4
- 10 letters
- repetitive4, monotonous4
- 11 letters
- reiterative
- 12 letters
- tautological, repetitional
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tedious3 = 3 syllables).