Thesaurus / no great shakes
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synonyms for no great shakes
- decent
- dull
- inferior
- middling
- ordinary
- second-rate
- so-so
- undistinguished
- uninspired
- characterless
- colorless
- common
- conventional
- fair
- fairish
- fair to middling
- humdrum
- indifferent
- insignificant
- intermediate
- mainstream
- mean
- medium
- moderate
- of poor quality
- passable
- pedestrian
- run-of-the-mill
- standard
- tolerable
- unexceptional
- vanilla
- common
- conventional
- dull
- generic
- humble
- mediocre
- normal
- plain
- simple
- unremarkable
- workaday
- commonplace
- fair
- familiar
- garden
- homespun
- household
- inferior
- mean
- pedestrian
- plastic
- routine
- vanilla
- characterless
- garden variety
- habitual
- indifferent
- modest
- prosaic
- quotidian
- run-of-the-mill
- second-rate
- so-so
- stereotyped
- undistinguished
- uneventful
- unexceptional
- uninspired
- unmemorable
- unnoteworthy
- unpretentious
- usual
- white-bread
- generic
- mediocre
- prosaic
- so-so
- uneventful
- uninspired
- unremarkable
- average
- characterless
- common
- commonplace
- dull
- everyday
- fair
- garden-variety
- mean
- modest
- normal
- nothing special
- nothing to write home about
- pedestrian
- plain
- routine
- run-of-the-mill
- second-rate
- typical
- unexceptional
- unexciting
- unmemorable
- unnoteworthy
- usual
- mediocre
- prosaic
- so-so
- unremarkable
- average
- characterless
- common
- commonplace
- conventional
- dull
- everyday
- fair
- garden-variety
- insignificant
- modest
- normal
- nothing special
- nothing to write home about
- pedestrian
- plain
- routine
- run-of-the-mill
- second-rate
- typical
- undistinguished
- uneventful
- unexciting
- unimpressive
- uninspired
- unmemorable
- unnoteworthy
- usual
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How to use no great shakes in a sentence
"Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSI waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMANAfter a minute's pause, while he stood painfully silent, she resumed in great emotion.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERThe country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFTThis is a feature by means of which it is always possible to distinguish the Great Horsetail from any other species.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTINIn the parish churches, many of which are of great interest, the predominant styles are Decorated and Perpendicular.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 3, SLICE 4VARIOUSYou see, I'd always thought of him as the boy whom Great-aunt Lucia described having seen.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMANShe did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.
BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF; A PRACTICAL PLAN OF CHARACTER BUILDING, VOLUME I (OF 17)VARIOUSLet the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
PEARLS OF THOUGHTMATURIN M. BALLOUThomas Cooper, an English prelate, died; highly commended for his great learning and eloquence.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLWORDS RELATED TO NO GREAT SHAKES
- characterless
- colorless
- common
- conventional
- decent
- dull
- fair
- fair to middling
- fairish
- humdrum
- indifferent
- inferior
- insignificant
- intermediate
- mainstream
- mean
- medium
- middling
- moderate
- no great shakes
- of poor quality
- ordinary
- passable
- pedestrian
- run-of-the-mill
- second-rate
- so-so
- standard
- tolerable
- undistinguished
- unexceptional
- uninspired
- vanilla
- characterless
- common
- commonplace
- conventional
- dull
- fair
- familiar
- garden
- garden variety
- generic
- habitual
- homespun
- household
- humble
- indifferent
- inferior
- mean
- mediocre
- modest
- no great shakes
- normal
- pedestrian
- plain
- plastic
- prosaic
- quotidian
- routine
- run-of-the-mill
- second-rate
- simple
- so-so
- stereotyped
- undistinguished
- uneventful
- unexceptional
- uninspired
- unmemorable
- unnoteworthy
- unpretentious
- unremarkable
- usual
- vanilla
- white-bread
- workaday
- average
- characterless
- common
- commonplace
- dull
- everyday
- fair
- garden-variety
- generic
- mean
- mediocre
- modest
- no great shakes
- normal
- nothing special
- nothing to write home about
- pedestrian
- plain
- prosaic
- routine
- run-of-the-mill
- second-rate
- so-so
- typical
- uneventful
- unexceptional
- unexciting
- uninspired
- unmemorable
- unnoteworthy
- unremarkable
- usual
- average
- characterless
- common
- commonplace
- conventional
- dull
- everyday
- fair
- garden-variety
- insignificant
- mediocre
- modest
- no great shakes
- normal
- nothing special
- nothing to write home about
- pedestrian
- plain
- prosaic
- routine
- run-of-the-mill
- second-rate
- so-so
- typical
- undistinguished
- uneventful
- unexciting
- unimpressive
- uninspired
- unmemorable
- unnoteworthy
- unremarkable
- usual
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.