Banal
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adjective.
Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of or pertaining to a ban, or provincial governor: as, the royal
banal
court at Agram. See
ban
.
Subject to manorial rights; used in common: as, a
banal
mill or oven. See
banality
.
Common; commonplace; hackneyed; trite; stale.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Common
in a
boring
way, to the point of being
predictable
; containing nothing new or fresh.
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adjective.
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning
new
original
Equivalent
unoriginal
Etymologically Related
banality
banalize
banally
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Amal
Bhopal
Chagall
Coll
Dahl
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
bore
inane
inconsequential
innocuous
insipid
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
asinine
average
back-number
bewhiskered
bland