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Synonyms for bland
blændbland

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. bland

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

    Antonyms:
    harsh, abrupt, rough

Princeton's WordNet4.5 / 2 votes

  1. bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapidadjective

    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, flatadjective

    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, blandadjective

    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

Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. blandadjective

    Synonyms:
    soft, mild, gentle, not harsh

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. blandadjective

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "bland":

    anodyne, insipid

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How to use bland in a sentence?

  1. David Stamps:

    Breonna Taylor, like Sandra Bland and other Black women, are often relegated to the back row as the emphasis is typically placed on the systemic racism and brutality that Black men face, this is why Breonna Taylor is an icon. Sandra Bland reminds us that we need to #SayHerName and that all Black life matters.

  2. Darrell Jordan:

    After reviewing all the evidence in the death of Sandra Bland, a Waller grand jury did not return an indictment in the death of Bland, nor were any indictments returned against any employee of the Waller County Jail.

  3. Darrell Jordan:

    After reviewing all the evidence in the death of Sandra Bland, a Waller grand jury did not return an indictment in the death of Bland, nor were any indictments returned against any employee of the Waller County Jail, the grand jury has looked at all the evidence and found no evidence of murder.

  4. Sue Grafton:

    People who've had happy childhoods are wonderful, but they're bland An unhappy childhood compels you to use your imagination to create a world in which you can be happy. Use your old grief. That's the gift you're given.

  5. Brian Encinia:

    Bland began swinging her elbows at me and then kicked my right leg in the shin. I had a pain in my right leg and suffered small cuts on my right hand. Force was used to subdue Bland to the ground to which Bland continued to fight back.


Translations for bland

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  • ماصخArabic
  • ласкав, мек, успокояващ, нежен, приятенBulgarian
  • mdlýCzech
  • sødDanish
  • geschmacklos, mild, fad, sanftGerman
  • suave, tenue, simple, desabrido, amable, debil, sosoSpanish
  • väritön, mieto, vaisu, mauton, mitäänsanomatonFinnish
  • doux, douce, fadeFrench
  • नरमHindi
  • blandeInterlingua
  • fiacco, blando, insipidoItalian
  • 当たり障りのありませんJapanese
  • zacht, mild, smaakloosDutch
  • mdły, bez smaku, łagodny, bezbarwny, nijaki, delikatny, uspakajającyPolish
  • pritenos, blând, liniștitor, gentil, prietenos, afabil, prevenitorRomanian
  • безвкусный, неинтересный, приятный, нежный, мягкий, ласковый, успокаивающийRussian
  • svag, vän, tam, intetsägande, mild, smaklös, lam, blid, faddSwedish
  • 平淡Chinese

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