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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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“Our corn demand is still strong,” McKinney said, recalling 2025’s “record” crop.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

The best corn chowder I make starts, and ends, with a handful of tortilla chips.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

“So the corn heavy places have only an issue of early planting season ‘side dressing’ when they apply another bit of fertilizer.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Christianna crossed after unloading 74,000 tonnes of corn at the Iranian port of Bandar Imam Khomeini, passing Iran's Larak Island in the strait around 1600 GMT on Monday, Kpler data showed.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

I hurried to the door of the corn crib and looked in.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls