Synonyms for tedious
ˈti di əs, ˈti dʒəs

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1. 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, boring, verbose, dumb, leaden, slow, sluggish, obtuse, deadening, tiresome, muffled, ho-hum, long-winded, irksome, thudding, softened

   Antonyms:
   interesting, concise

2. long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy(adj)

   using or containing too many words

   "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"

   Synonyms:
   dull, wearisome, windy, wordy, boring, verbose, blowy, slow, impractical, airy, tiresome, breezy, ho-hum, long-winded, irksome, visionary, deadening

   Antonyms:
   interesting, concise

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. tedious

   Synonyms:
   diffuse, lengthy, long, prolix, verbose, wordy

   Antonyms:
   brief, compact, compendious, concise, condensed, laconic, neat, pithy, sententious, short, succinct, terse

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. tedious

   Synonyms:
   wearisome, tiresome, monotonous, dilatory, dreary, sluggish, irksome, dull, flat, prolix

   Antonyms:
   interesting, exciting, stirring, charming, fascinating, delightful, amusing

Dictionary of English Synonymes(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. tedious(a.)

   Synonyms:
   wearisome (in consequence of being prolonged), tiresome, operose, IRKSOME, fatiguing, uninteresting, too long, monotonous, humdrum, prosy, MORTAL, trying, devoid of interest

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. tedious(a)

   Synonyms:
   tiresome, wearisome, irksome, humdrum, monotonous

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1. List of paraphrases for "tedious":

   boring, dull, tiresome, cumbersome, annoying, long-winded, time-consuming, monotonous, laborious, burdensome

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How to use tedious in a sentence?

1. Ken Meeks:

   It’s hard enough to get up in the morning and go through this tedious process of getting dressed and getting a cup of coffee. Then to do therapy is difficult. More mentally than physically. You do repetitive things — gross motor movement, something for the fingers, then something for the wrist. Repetitiveness is the key to all of this.

2. Oscar Wilde:

   They are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are not.

3. Xavier VanHove:

   But, here's the silver lining. This is actually forcing them to look at systems harder than they otherwise might. So this difficult, long and tedious exercise will eventually make RBS a much better and more efficient bank.

4. Laura Hadden:

   We’ve always said that if it gets tedious then we can just stop, but it hasn’t gotten boring yet.

5. Jeremy Hay:

   Zenefits takes away a lot of the tedious work and allows me to focus on bigger-picture items, it’s also a much more professional experience for the employee. Think about how you’d feel if you were to sign up with a company, and all the paperwork’s online, and you can digitally sign all of your documents online. It makes you feel like, ‘Wow, I’m with a company that has it all together,’ even though Zenefits is really doing all the legwork.

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