Synonyms for mundane
mʌnˈdeɪn, ˈmʌn deɪnmun·dane

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1. mundaneadjective

   Antonyms:
   heavenly, arcane

2. mundaneadjective

   A person considered to be normal, not part of the elite group.

   Antonyms:
   heavenly, arcane

3. mundaneadjective

   Antonyms:
   heavenly, arcane

4. mundaneadjective

   ordinary; not new

   Synonyms:
   boring, banal, workaday, routine, commonplace, everyday

   Antonyms:
   arcane, heavenly

5. mundaneadjective

   Antonyms:
   arcane, heavenly

6. mundaneadjective

   Synonyms:
   worldly

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1. mundane

   Synonyms:
   worldly, secular, temporal, earthly

   Antonyms:
   unworldly, spiritual, heavenly, ethereal, supramundane

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1. everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workadayadjective

   found in the ordinary course of events

   "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant

   Synonyms:
   daily, terrestrial, terrene, unremarkable, routine, everyday, quotidian, workaday, casual

   Antonyms:
   heavenly, unworldly, extraordinary

2. mundane, terrestrialadjective

   concerned with the world or worldly matters

   "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"

   Synonyms:
   telluric, sublunary, sublunar, planetary, terrene, unremarkable, routine, terrestrial, quotidian, tellurian, workaday, everyday

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary, heavenly, unworldly

3. mundane, terreneadjective

   belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly

   "not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"; "so terrene a being as himself"

   Synonyms:
   telluric, terrene, unremarkable, routine, terrestrial, quotidian, tellurian, workaday, everyday

   Antonyms:
   unworldly, heavenly, extraordinary

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1. mundaneadjective

   Synonyms:
   earthly, terrene, terrestrial, terraqueous, worldly, sublunary, under the sun

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1. List of paraphrases for "mundane":

   trivial, banal, familiar, trite, commonplace, down-to-earth, unremarkable, corny

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How to use mundane in a sentence?

1. David Allen:

   We have to shut the mundane up.

2. Scott Cohen:

   It's that more glamorous [ business travel ] that I think actually will survive, that more mundane segment where the relationship is already established... are the ones that I think to an extent will die. Businesses will [ say ], you know, that trip's not that important. That deal's already been done.

3. Earl Blumenauer:

   I get lost in the rhythm, my mind is released to think great thoughts or reflect on the mundane. A kaleidoscope of images pops up as I build my own momentum. Whether hiking, running, or baking, I am drawn by muscle memory and instinct. I find I don’t have to check the recipe to think about how many egg yolks to separate, where they go, or what comes next. The process has become part of my subconscious and physiology.

4. Michael Jerryson:

   If you can turn a battle into good versus evil, or doing God's will, you will get so much more devotion, it's a calling that invokes more than the mundane; it raises the stakes.

5. General Colin Powell:

   Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.