Synonyms for vapid
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Insipid — lifeless, dull, or banal
insipid, inane, bland, dull, lifeless, banal, stupid, flat, boring, prosaic, uninteresting, tiresome, monotonous, vain, weak, languid, tedious, humdrum, stodgy, blah, mundane, wearisome
2. Flavorless — tasteless, bland, or insipid
flavorless US, flavourless UK, tasteless, unsavory US, unsavoury UK, tame, unpalatable, savorless US, savourless UK, watery, mawkish dated, wearish dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Lifeless, dull, or banal.
- adj. 2
Tasteless, bland, or insipid.
Example sentences
- bland This soup is somehow bland. Maybe add more salt...?
- banal When it rains, you get wet. This is a banal truth.
- inane I can't stand such number of inane trivialities.
- insipid Water tastes insipid after it has been boiled.
- tasteless Fish can be dry and tasteless if it's overcooked.
- flavorless This may be pilaf, but it's completely flavorless.
By length
- 4 letters
- flat1, weak1, dull1, blah1, vain1, tame1
- 5 letters
- bland1, banal2, inane2, washy2
- 6 letters
- stupid2, boring2, watery3, stodgy2
- 7 letters
- tedious3, mundane2, insipid3, prosaic3, languid2, humdrum2, mawkish2, wearish
- 8 letters
- lifeless2, tiresome3, unsavory4
- 9 letters
- tasteless2, unsavoury, wearisome3, savorless
- 10 letters
- monotonous4, flavorless3, savourless
- 11 letters
- unpalatable5, flavourless
- 13 letters
- uninteresting4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (banal2 = 2 syllables).