Antonyms for monotonous
məˈnɒt n əsmo·not·o·nous

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1. monotonousadjective

   Synonyms:
   monotonic

2. monotonousadjective

   having an unvarying tone or pitch

   Synonyms:
   monotonic

3. monotonousadjective

   tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety

   Synonyms:
   monotonic

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. monotonous

   Antonyms:
   varying, changing

   Synonyms:
   uniform, unvaried, dull, humdrum, undiversified, tedious

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. humdrum, monotonousadjective

   tediously repetitious or lacking in variety

   "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"

   Antonyms:
   lively, modulated

   Synonyms:
   monotonic, unglamourous, monotone, commonplace, humdrum, unglamorous, prosaic, flat

2. flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonousadjective

   sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

   "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"

   Antonyms:
   lively, modulated

   Synonyms:
   plane, savourless, flavorless, categoric, matt, humdrum, insipid, level, monotonic, compressed, flat, unconditional, matted, vapid, categorical, two-dimensional, matte, monotone, savorless, prostrate, bland, mat, flavourless

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1. monotonousadjective

   Synonyms:
   unvaried, uniform, uninteresting, humdrum, tedious

How to use monotonous in a sentence?

1. Auguste Renoir:

   If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects he does not try to compose, and soon he gets monotonous.

2. Alex Kumar:

   There's no variation in the environment, it's dark, it's white, and it's bland. It's monotonous and people really underestimate that.

3. Jasper Johns (lithographer), Newsweek, Oct. 24, 1977 - page 42.:

   I liked New York when it was an up-and-down city for me, low streets and high buildings. But then, for me, it grew horizontal---monotonous.

4. Gillian Dalby:

   This keeps your mind busy, it doesn’t feel monotonous, and it’s an incredible way to build endurance and speed.

5. Jennifer Bosse:

   There is the underlying need to feel valued and validated within society (a society which still places a higher value on what you provide to the job force), socializing with other adults can be difficult, the days long, the routine monotonous and the job overall, relatively thankless.

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