Synonyms for bland
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Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid(adj)

   lacking taste or flavor or tang

   "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"

   Synonyms:
   plane, smooth, two-dimensional, flavorless, categoric, matt, savourless, jejune, insipid, level, monotonic, compressed, unconditional, matted, suave, vapid, categorical, monotonous, prostrate, matte, monotone, savorless, flat, mat, flavourless, politic

   Antonyms:
   stimulating, undiplomatic, tasty

2. bland, flat(adj)

   lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

   "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"

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

   Antonyms:
   tasty, stimulating, undiplomatic

3. politic, smooth, suave, bland(adj)

   smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication

   "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"

   Synonyms:
   smooth, fluid, placid, savourless, insipid, tranquil, unruffled, still, quiet, flavorless, flavourless, suave, vapid, savorless, legato, debonair, debonnaire, flat, debonaire, fluent, liquid, politic

   Antonyms:
   tasty, undiplomatic, stimulating

English Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. bland

   Synonyms:
   courteous, genial, polished, polite, refined, reserved, urbane

   Antonyms:
   abrupt, bluff, blunt, blustering, bold, brusk, coarse, discourteous, frank, impolite, inconsiderate, open, plain-spoken, rough, rude, uncivil, unmannerly

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. bland

   Synonyms:
   soft, mild, gentle, complaisant, courteous, affable, gracious, tender, benign

   Antonyms:
   harsh, abrupt, rough

Dictionary of English Synonymes(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. bland(a.)

   Synonyms:
   soft, mild, gentle, not harsh

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. bland(a)

   Synonyms:
   suave, mollifying, affable, complaisant, soothing, emollient, demulsive, assuasive

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1. List of paraphrases:

   anodyne, insipid

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How to use bland in a sentence?

1. Sara Peternell:

   This idea of giving them ‘smooshy,’ bland, wallpaper-tasting rice cereal because we believe it’s either easier on their taste buds or easier on their digestive system is becoming a very outdated first-foods-for-babies recommendation.

2. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   Without the Challenges, Life can be totally boring - like a bland diet with no spices. Challenges are truly the Spices of Life!

3. 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.

4. Bernie Sanders:

   This video of the arrest of Sandra Bland shows totally outrageous police behavior, no one should be yanked from her car, thrown to the ground, assaulted and arrested for a minor traffic stop. The result is that three days later she is dead in her jail cell.

5. Scott Walker:

   I'd rather have bland or uncharismatic than dumb or ignorant, or corrupt or any of the other things that they could label other would-be candidates out there. Or old, for that matter.

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