Synonyms for stale
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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. stale

   Synonyms:
   cold, dull, flat, flavorless, insipid, prosy, stupid, tasteless, vapid

   Antonyms:
   flavorous, forcible, lively, piquant, pungent, racy, rich, spicy, spirited

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stale

   Synonyms:
   vapid, tasteless, threadbare, commonplace, hackneyed

   Antonyms:
   fresh

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. staleadjective

   lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age

   "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"

   Synonyms:
   moth-eaten, dusty, cold

   Antonyms:
   good, original, new-made, fresh-cut, strong, unspoilt, hot, fresh, warm, crisp, undecomposed, unspoiled, caller

2. cold, stale, dusty, moth-eatenverb

   lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

   "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"

   Synonyms:
   dust-covered, ratty, dusty, cold, tatty, mothy, moth-eaten, shabby, inhuman, cold-blooded, frigid, insensate

   Antonyms:
   crisp, good, warm, undecomposed, hot, caller, original, new-made, unspoilt, unspoiled, strong, fresh, fresh-cut

3. staleverb

   urinate, of cattle and horses

   Antonyms:
   hot, unspoiled, new-made, caller, original, warm, good, fresh, undecomposed, strong, crisp, unspoilt, fresh-cut

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1. • Urinate

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. staleadjective

   Synonyms:
   vapid, tasteless, insipid, mawkish, flat, flashy, musty, fusty, sour, not fresh

2. staleadjective

   Synonyms:
   old, decayed, faded, effete, time-worn, worn out, not new

3. staleadjective

   Synonyms:
   trite, common, hackneyed, commonplace, threadbare, not novel

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1. staleadjective

   Synonyms:
   vapid, musty, fusty, flat, insipid, mawkish, trite, common, banal, hackneyed, commonplace

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1. List of paraphrases for "stale":

   obsolete, outdated, out-of-date, outmoded, antiquated

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How to use stale in a sentence?

1. William Shakespeare:

   Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety.

2. Knowlton Thomas:

   Be available. If it’s a good pitch, you’re going to get a reply back, but news gets stale fast, so you have to be prepared to handle follow-ups promptly.

3. Amy Levine:

   Couples tend to fall into what's quick and easy rather than what's fulfilling and adventurous, on one hand, it’s nice to feel known and understood by your partner sexually, but on the other hand, familiar routines easily get stale.

4. Ryszard Kapuściński:

   Our job is like a baker's work -- his rolls are tasty as long as they're fresh; after two days they're stale; after a week, they're covered with mould and fit only to be thrown out.

5. Daphne DuMaurier, Rebecca:

   I wish there could have been an invention that bottled up a memory, like perfume, and it never faded, never got stale. Then whenever I wanted to, I could uncork that bottle and live the memory all over again.