What are some alternative words for tedious?
Synonyms for tedious
ˈti di əs, ˈti dʒəs
This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term tedious.
Princeton's WordNet
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, softenedAntonyms:
interesting, conciselong-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, deadeningAntonyms:
interesting, concise
English Synonyms and Antonyms
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
tedious
Synonyms:
wearisome, tiresome, monotonous, dilatory, dreary, sluggish, irksome, dull, flat, prolixAntonyms:
interesting, exciting, stirring, charming, fascinating, delightful, amusing
Dictionary of English Synonymes
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
tedious(a)
Synonyms:
tiresome, wearisome, irksome, humdrum, monotonous
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "tedious":
boring, dull, tiresome, cumbersome, annoying, long-winded, time-consuming, monotonous, laborious, burdensome
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#264 | long | |
#1766 | flat | |
#2901 | slow | |
#8356 | boring | |
#9389 | dim | |
#9416 | annoying | |
#9564 | dumb | |
#9770 | dense | |
#13293 | dull | |
#14678 | lengthy | |
#16762 | windy | |
#19568 | diffuse | |
#19590 | visionary | |
#20706 | tedious | |
#22081 | verbose | |
#23220 | airy | |
#24515 | breezy | |
#27419 | cumbersome | |
#29729 | impractical | |
#29806 | sluggish | |
#32570 | softened | |
#32598 | muted | |
#37338 | dreary | |
#38128 | burdensome | |
#48293 | monotonous | |
#48971 | tiresome | |
#49055 | muffled | |
#53660 | laborious | |
#56643 | obtuse | |
#70981 | wordy | |
#91829 | leaden | |
#107606 | deadening | |
#109623 | irksome | |
#129314 | wearisome | |
#162791 | dilatory | |
#172161 | prolix | |
#207170 | thudding |
How to use tedious in a sentence?
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.
They are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are not.
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.
We’ve always said that if it gets tedious then we can just stop, but it hasn’t gotten boring yet.
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.
Translations for tedious
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- tediósCatalan, Valencian
- kedelig, triviel, trættendeDanish
- nervtötend, mühsam, ermüdend, weitschweifig, lästig, langwierig, langweiligGerman
- tedaEsperanto
- prolijo, tediosoSpanish
- خسته کنندهPersian
- ikävä, pitkäveteinen, hengetön, tylsäFinnish
- laborieux, fastidieuxFrench
- leadránach, liostaIrish
- liostaScottish Gaelic
- fárasztó, unalmasHungarian
- հոգնեցուցիչ, տաղտկալի, ձանձրալիArmenian
- palloso, fastidioso, soporifero, tedioso, noiosoItalian
- saai, monotoon, langdradigDutch
- kjedelig, ensformig, traurigNorwegian
- żmudny, nudny, nużącyPolish
- monótono, enfadonho, entediantePortuguese
- ну́дный, утоми́тельный, ску́чныйRussian
- tjatig, enformig, långtråkigSwedish
- கடினமானTamil
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