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(0.00 / 0 votes)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:

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

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How to use tedious in a sentence?

1. Wilson Mizner:

   The days just prior to marriage are like a snappy introduction to a tedious book.

2. Oscar Wilde:

   It's absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

3. Virgil, Eclogues:

   Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.

4. George Dennison Prentice:

   What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.

5. Damir Sabol:

   I found it a bit tedious, all those additions and multiplications, so I reckoned,' We already have intelligent software, why not make it deal with maths ?'.

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