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dull
adjective as in unintelligent
Weak matches
backward, besotted, brainless, daffy, daft, dense, dim-witted, doltish, feeble-minded, half-baked, ignorant, imbecilic, indolent, insensate, moronic, not bright, numskulled, obtuse, scatterbrained, simple-minded, stolid, thick, unintellectual, vacuous, wearisome, witless
adjective as in insensitive
Weak matches
apathetic, colorless, dead, heavy, impassible, inactive, indifferent, inert, insensible, jejune, languid, lumpy, monotonous, passionless, prosaic, regular, routine, spiritless, stagnant, stolid, torpid, unexciting, unresponsive, unsympathetic, usual, vacuous
adjective as in boring, uninteresting
Strongest matches
dismal, dreary, dry, flat, humdrum, ordinary, repetitive, stale, stupid, tame, tedious, tiresome, uninspiring
Weak matches
archaic, arid, big yawn, blah, colorless, common, commonplace, dead, familiar, hackneyed, heavy, ho-hum, hoary, insipid, jejune, longwinded, mid, monotonous, oft-repeated, out-of-date, pointless, prolix, prosaic, prosy, repetitious, routine, run-of-the-mill, soporific, trite, unimaginative, usual, usual thing, vapid, worn-out
adjective as in not sharp
adjective as in uneventful
Weak matches
apathetic, blah, dead, draggy, falling-off, inactive, inert, languid, monotonous, regular, routine, sitting tight, slothful, stagnant, stolid, torpid, unexciting, unresponsive, usual, without incident
Example Sentences
But this stammering, rather dull chap doesn’t come across as a genius.
Last word from the bank — they expect 2026 to be “anything but dull,” as rapid AI investment and adoption continue to dominate market sentiment.
Last word from the bank — they expect 2026 to be “anything but dull,” as rapid AI investment and adoption continue to dominate market sentiment.
For many organizations, however, it has dulled innovation and worker performance among other things.
But Sun said the lights that once illuminated the memorial at night had been out for quite a while, and the image of Kennedy has been dulled over time.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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