Synonyms for bland
blændbland

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. bland

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

   Antonyms:
   harsh, abrupt, rough

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.5 / 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 SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. blandadjective

   Synonyms:
   soft, mild, gentle, not harsh

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1. blandadjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "bland":

   anodyne, insipid

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How to use bland in a sentence?

1. Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter:

   Today is a bittersweet day for the Tony Satterfield and Harriott Families, avarice and betrayal of trust are at the heart of this matter. Lawsuits and claims are not vehicles for Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter, defendants and/or friends to enrich themselves at the expense of their clients. These belong to the clients and the clients only. This is the sacred trust that lawyers and fiduciaries owe their clients. 100 % fidelity and never putting their interests over the clients.

2. Phil Lesh -LRB- bass -RRB-:

   The mainstream seems to be referencing '60s, '70s and '80s rock, rather than '30s, '40s, '50s blues and jazz and that sort of thing, our generation, the '60s 'jammers' let's say, our influences were people like Coltrane, and blues artists like Bobbie Bland, or Wilson Pickett or more of a roots-y thing. I think that young musicians today are more influenced by rock music. It's sort of narrowed down a little bit. That's not to say that it's not extremely expressive and diverse, but I don't sense a lot of roots involvement.

3. 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.

4. Eric Bland:

   Certainly there were questions by my clients because after she unfortunately fell, she was airlifted to a hospital and she had a traumatic brain injury, Gloria Satterfield never was able to communicate with them for the next three weeks until Gloria Satterfield died, so, it was Alex Murdaugh who told the story of that Gloria Satterfield had tripped and fell down the stairs over Eric Bland dogs.

5. 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.