Synonyms for boring
ˈbɔr ɪŋ, ˈboʊr-

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. drilling, boring(noun)

   the act of drilling

   Synonyms:
   oil production, drilling

   Antonyms:
   interesting

2. boring, drilling, oil production(adj)

   the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

   Synonyms:
   oil production, drilling

   Antonyms:
   interesting

3. boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome(adj)

   so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

   "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

   Synonyms:
   dull, dim, windy, wearisome, wordy, dense, muted, verbose, dumb, leaden, tedious, slow, sluggish, obtuse, deadening, tiresome, muffled, ho-hum, long-winded, irksome, thudding, softened

   Antonyms:
   interesting

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1. boring(adjective)

   Synonyms:
   tedious, mind-numbing, dull

2. boring(adjective)

   That which incites boredom in a person.

   Synonyms:
   dull, tedious, mind-numbing

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1. unfun

   something or someone who lacks sense of fun and excitement.

   Submitted by rinat on September 3, 2019  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. boring(n)

   Synonyms:
   perforation, transforation

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1. List of paraphrases for "boring":

   dull, annoying, tedious, dreary, tiresome, bored, boredom, pesky, piercing, bummer, bothersome, drilling, bore, monotonic, lame, sad, monotonous, beard

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1. Heidi Klum:

   There is nothing boring about this act.

2. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:

   The secret of being boring is to tell everything.

3. Sohaib Athar:

   I'm actually thinking of moving to Islamabad in a few months because it's getting to be a bit boring.

4. Chris Woodhead:

   It's definitely helped me get through the endless day-to-day. It's really boring being stuck at home, and without that creative process I would be pretty lost, also, I've been able to play with different techniques that I would potentially not be able to try on other people, so I am progressing my skill, which is really nice.

5. Ted Brandt:

   Yieldcos should have been built as boring, fixed-income instruments, but Wall Street couldn't do that, they ended up... packaging them as growth instruments.

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