Synonyms for stale
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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. stale

   Synonyms:
   cold, dull, flat, flavorless, insipid, prosy, stupid, tasteless, vapid

   Antonyms:
   flavorous, forcible, lively, piquant, pungent, racy, rich, spicy, spirited

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stale

   Synonyms:
   vapid, tasteless, threadbare, commonplace, hackneyed

   Antonyms:
   fresh

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. staleadjective

   lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age

   "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"

   Synonyms:
   moth-eaten, dusty, cold

   Antonyms:
   good, original, new-made, fresh-cut, strong, unspoilt, hot, fresh, warm, crisp, undecomposed, unspoiled, caller

2. cold, stale, dusty, moth-eatenverb

   lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

   "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"

   Synonyms:
   dust-covered, ratty, dusty, cold, tatty, mothy, moth-eaten, shabby, inhuman, cold-blooded, frigid, insensate

   Antonyms:
   crisp, good, warm, undecomposed, hot, caller, original, new-made, unspoilt, unspoiled, strong, fresh, fresh-cut

3. staleverb

   urinate, of cattle and horses

   Antonyms:
   hot, unspoiled, new-made, caller, original, warm, good, fresh, undecomposed, strong, crisp, unspoilt, fresh-cut

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1. • Urinate

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. staleadjective

   Synonyms:
   vapid, tasteless, insipid, mawkish, flat, flashy, musty, fusty, sour, not fresh

2. staleadjective

   Synonyms:
   old, decayed, faded, effete, time-worn, worn out, not new

3. staleadjective

   Synonyms:
   trite, common, hackneyed, commonplace, threadbare, not novel

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1. staleadjective

   Synonyms:
   vapid, musty, fusty, flat, insipid, mawkish, trite, common, banal, hackneyed, commonplace

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1. List of paraphrases for "stale":

   obsolete, outdated, out-of-date, outmoded, antiquated

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1. Eliot Lauer:

   The information is ridiculously stale, and it's the type of information that no human being could reasonably recall.

2. Carl Loredo:

   While everyone else is playing catch up and distracting consumers with stale sandwich drops, we are listening and bringing exciting flavors and bold ingredients forward to help fans avoid the McStake of settling for the same boring chicken sandwiches from other fast food joints.

3. Vanessa Spinazola:

   They permit both the prosecution and the defense to try the case before evidence is stale, as more time lapses, it becomes increasingly difficult for the accused to prepare a meaningful defense.

4. Willa Cather, My Antonia:

   Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

5. Raquel Vamos:

   You can’t get too stale with the business, you’ve got to constantly keep creating.