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corn

[kawrn] / kɔrn /
NOUN
banality
Synonyms
STRONGEST
platitude
STRONG
adage boiler buzzword chestnut hokum plate saw trivia triviality truism
WEAK
cliché dullsville familiar tune high camp old chestnut old saw prosaicism prosaism trite phrase
Antonyms
WEAK
coinage nuance original saying
NOUN
bulb
Synonyms
STRONG
ball bunch corm globe head knob nodule nub protuberance swelling tuber tumor
Antonyms
STRONG
depression
NOUN
cereal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bran grain rice wheat
STRONG
oats rye
WEAK
breakfast food
NOUN
cliché
Synonyms
WEAK
adage banality boiler plate bromide buzzword chestnut commonplace counterword familiar tune motto old story platitude potboiler prosaism proverb saying shibboleth slogan stale saying stereotype threadbare phrase trite remark triteness triviality truism vapid expression
NOUN
commonplace
Synonyms
STRONG
banality bromide chestnut inanity motto platitude prose shallowness shibboleth stereotype tag triteness
WEAK
cliché prosaicism prosaism rubber-stamp triviality truism
Antonyms
STRONG
coinage nuance
NOUN
feed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
barley fodder forage grain hay meal
STRONG
grass grub pasturage provender provisions silage straw
WEAK
animal food vittles
NOUN
fodder
Synonyms
STRONGEST
barley food forage grain hay
STRONG
grass pasturage provender provisions silage straw
WEAK
animal food grub meal vittles
NOUN
grain
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cereal
STRONG
atom bit crumb drop fragment granule grist iota jot kernel mite modicum molecule morsel mote ounce particle pellet scintilla scrap scruple smidgen spark speck tittle trace whit
Antonyms
STRONG
lot whole
NOUN
platitude
Synonyms
STRONGEST
banality bromide
STRONG
buzzword chestnut commonplace evenness flatness hokum inanity insipidity monotony motto potboiler proverb saw shibboleth stereotype tag triteness triviality truism vapidity verbiage
WEAK
boiler plate cliché familiar tune hackneyed saying high camp old chestnut old story prosaicism trite remark
Antonyms
WEAK
coinage nuance
NOUN
seed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
berry egg grain nut
STRONG
bud cell conceit concept conception core ear embryo germ image impression inkling kernel notion nucleus ovule ovum particle rudiment semen spark sperm spore start suspicion
Antonyms
STRONG
being concrete death exterior exteriority outside
WEAK
ancestor effect end ending parent result
NOUN
swelling
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abscess blister bruise bump contusion inflammation injury nodule sore tumor welt
STRONG
boil bulge bunion carbuncle dilation distention enlargement hump increase knob node pimple pock protuberance puff puffiness pustule ridge tumescence wale wart weal
WEAK
knurl
Antonyms
STRONG
decrease depression
NOUN
whiskey
Synonyms
STRONGEST
alcohol drink liquor spirits
STRONG
distiller hooch moonshine poteen rotgut
WEAK
mountain dew spiritus frumenti usquebaugh white lightning

Example Sentences

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Changes in the cost of livestock products such as beef will take longer, because there are more steps between the purchase of feed corn and the sale of the meat to consumers.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

In addition, many store-bought condiments, soft drinks and other food products are made with high-fructose corn syrup and will also cost more.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Auditors are often tasked with traveling to the middle of nowhere and tallying up a large amount of unusual things, from chickens and pigs to quarry rocks, corn, traffic lights and telephone poles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

While the new herbicide is primarily for soybeans, Syngenta officials said it could develop corn varieties genetically engineered to withstand it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

I saw one of them take three grains of roasted corn out of his pocket and drop them into his bowl, and I realized he must have picked them off my sleeping mat.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo