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

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1. stale

   Synonyms:
   vapid, tasteless, threadbare, commonplace, hackneyed

   Antonyms:
   fresh

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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

Matched Categories

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   obsolete, outdated, out-of-date, outmoded, antiquated

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1. 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.

2. Bob Nolan:

   I think frozen food was pretty stale five years ago, we worked really hard the last four years to modernize [ the category ].

3. 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.

4. Willa Cather:

   Winter lies too long in country towns hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

5. Ghida Dagher:

   Through our new report, the State of Representation 2022, we discovered that while state legislatures are still overwhelmingly pale, stale, and male, the composition of these elected bodies is rapidly changing, since 2020, Latina and Black women legislators have made significant gains in representation and now outnumber their male colleagues.