Definitions

white-bread

ADJECTIVE

humdrum

Synonyms

STRONGEST

drab dreary everyday monotonous mundane plodding tedious uninteresting

STRONG

blah common commonplace monotone ordinary pedestrian routine treadmill vanilla

WEAK

arid banausic bromidic dim dime a dozen dull garden-variety insipid lifeless prosy repetitious tiresome toneless unvaried wearisome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

exciting interesting

STRONG

abnormal different exceptional extraordinary rare uncommon unusual

WEAK

busy eventful lively

ADJECTIVE

ordinary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

common conventional dull generic humble mediocre normal plain simple unremarkable workaday

STRONG

commonplace fair familiar garden homespun household inferior mean pedestrian plastic routine vanilla

WEAK

characterless garden variety habitual indifferent modest no great shakes prosaic quotidian run-of-the-mill second-rate so-so stereotyped undistinguished uneventful unexceptional uninspired unmemorable unnoteworthy unpretentious usual

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abnormal complex complicated decorated difficult embellished extraordinary intelligent intricate irregular ornate smart sophisticated strange superior unclear uncommon unconventional unusual

STRONG

different exceptional

WEAK

distinctive remarkable special

ADJECTIVE

plain

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conventional dull ordinary simple traditional

STRONG

average common commonplace routine vanilla

WEAK

homely lowly modest quotidian usual workaday

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abnormal different intelligent irregular new smart uncommon unusual

STRONG

exceptional extraordinary infrequent rare

WEAK

abstruse ambiguous attractive beautiful complex complicated decorated difficult dressed-up embellished formal hidden imperceptible incomprehensible intricate obscure obscured ornate pretty unclear vague

ADJECTIVE

tame

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bland bloodless boring feeble mild weak

STRONG

diluted limp

WEAK

boiled down conventional flat halfhearted humdrum insipid lifeless monotonous prosaic routine spiritless tedious unexciting uninspiring vapid wearisome without punch

Antonyms

STRONGEST

able strong

WEAK

bright exciting interesting unmanageable untamed violent wild

ADJECTIVE

usual

Synonyms

STRONGEST

constant conventional current customary everyday expected familiar frequent natural normal prevailing regular routine

WEAK

accepted accustomed average chronic commonplace cut-and-dried fixed garden variety general grind habitual mainstream matter-of-course ordinary plain plastic prevalent quotidian rife run-of-the-mill so-so standard stock typic unremarkable vanilla wonted workaday

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abnormal different eccentric foreign inconstant infrequent irregular new occasional original rare strange uncommon unconventional unfamiliar unsteady unusual

WEAK

atypical

ADJECTIVE

everyday

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonplace frequent mundane normal ordinary prosaic usual workaday

WEAK

accustomed average conventional customary daily dime a dozen dull familiar garden variety habitual informal lowly mainstream middle-of-the-road per diem plain quotidian routine run-of-the-mill stock unexceptional unimaginative unremarkable vanilla wonted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abnormal extraordinary infrequent irregular rare uncommon unusual

WEAK

different exceptional special unexpected unfamiliar

ADJECTIVE

bland

Synonyms

STRONGEST

banal boring dull insipid tame tedious watery wishy-washy

WEAK

blah dull as dishwater flat flavorless ho-hum humdrum milk-and-water monotonous nothing pabulum sapless unexciting uninspiring uninteresting unstimulating vanilla vapid waterish weak wimpy zero

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright exciting interesting lively

WEAK

bitter delicious distinctive sharp tasty yummy zingy

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The goal was to enable Disney to avoid the honky-tonk character of development around Disneyland in Anaheim, and instead keep the Florida property in perfectly coiffed white-bread comeliness.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

By the end, we’ve mainly learned that Allen is the white-bread straight man to Rob’s enigmatic free spirit, which is not all that much by way of insights.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2021

Obviously, my rural, white-bread childhood during the ’50s wasn’t everybody’s ’50s.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2016

Gamse was with Ruiz in New York while he was watching “Shark Tank,” a reality show in which investors bet on or belittle a series of amateurs proposing mostly white-bread inventions.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2015

Spread it thick upon slices of light white-bread cut like tosts.

From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by MacDonell, Anne

white-bread

Example Sentences

Related Words