BLAND: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BLAND?

Need another word that means the same as “bland”? Find 32 synonyms and 30 related words for “bland” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Bland” are: flat, politic, smooth, suave, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid, uninteresting, dull, boring, tedious, monotonous, dry, drab, dreary, wearisome, tasteless, mild, unflavoured, weak, thin, watery, unappetizing, temperate, soft, calm, balmy, soothing, benign

Bland as an Adjective

Definitions of "Bland" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bland” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• (of food or drink) unseasoned, mild-tasting, or insipid.
• Showing no strong emotion.
• Lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting.
• Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication.
• Lacking taste or flavor or tang.
• Lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting.

Synonyms of "Bland" as an adjective (32 Words)

balmy	Characterized by pleasantly warm weather. It used to drive my husband balmy.
benign	Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence. The benign sky.
boring	Not interesting; tedious. I ve got a boring job in an office.
calm	Not agitated; without losing self-possession. The city was reported to be calm but army patrols remained.
drab	Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise. Her drab personality.
dreary	Causing dejection. A series of dreary dinner parties.
dry	Of noodles not served in a soup but in a sauce or with dry ingredients. Dry clothes.
dull	Being or made softer or less loud or clear. Dull greens and blues.
flat	Flattened laterally along the whole length e g certain leafstalks or flatfishes. Found himself lying flat on the floor.
flavorless	Lacking taste or flavor or tang. Flavorless supermarket tomatoes.
flavourless	(of food or drink) lacking flavour; bland or tasteless. He delivers his flavourless dialogue in a listless deadpan.
insipid	Lacking taste or flavor or tang. Mugs of insipid coffee.
mild	Humble in spirit or manner suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness. Mild winters.
monotonous	Dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest. The statistics that he quotes with monotonous regularity.
politic	(of a person) prudent and sagacious. It is neither polite nor politic to get into other people s quarrels.
savorless	Lacking taste or flavor or tang.
savourless	Lacking taste or flavor or tang.
smooth	Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication. A smooth channel crossing.
soft	Soft and mild not harsh or stern or severe. Soft hands.
soothing	Freeing from fear and anxiety. She put on some soothing music.
suave	Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication. All the waiters were suave and deferential.
tasteless	Lacking flavour. A tasteless joke.
tedious	Using or containing too many words. Tedious days on the train.
temperate	(of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate. Charles was temperate in his consumption of both food and drink.
thin	Relatively thin in consistency or low in density not viscous. His hair was going thin.
unappetizing	Not appetizing in appearance, aroma, or taste. One of the unappetizing features of politics.
unflavoured	Without flavoring added. Unflavoured yogurt.
uninteresting	Arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement. A very uninteresting account of her trip.
vapid	Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland. Tuneful but vapid musical comedies.
watery	Relating to or resembling or consisting of water. Watery coffee.
weak	Relating to or denoting the weakest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts only at distances less than about 10 cm is very much weaker than the electromagnetic and the strong interactions and conserves neither strangeness parity nor isospin. A weak market for oil stocks.
wearisome	So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. Other people s dreams are dreadfully wearisome.

Usage Examples of "Bland" as an adjective

• A bland diet.
• A bland and unadventurous vegetarian dish.
• A bland little drama.
• Bland, mass-produced pop music.
• His expression was bland and unreadable.
• Standardized bland beers of mediocre quality.

Associations of "Bland" (30 Words)

banal	So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring. Songs with banal repeated words.
banality	The fact or condition of being banal; unoriginality. There is an essential banality to the story he tells.
boring	So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. I ve got a boring job in an office.
bromide	A reproduction or piece of typesetting on bromide paper. Feel good bromides create the illusion of problem solving.
cliche	A trite or obvious remark.
commonplace	A notable passage in a work copied into a commonplace book. Air travel has now become commonplace.
conventional	Based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed. Conventional wisdom.
drab	Clothes especially trousers made of drab. Her drab personality.
dull	Become dull or lusterless in appearance lose shine or brightness. A dull glow.
edible	Any substance that can be used as food. Nasturtium seeds are edible.
featureless	Lacking distinctive attributes or aspects. The featureless landscape of the steppe.
hackneyed	(of a phrase or idea) having been overused; unoriginal and trite. Hackneyed phrases.
insipid	Lacking flavour; weak or tasteless. Mugs of insipid coffee.
lackluster	Lacking brilliance or vitality. Staring with lackluster eyes.
median	Denoting the middle term or mean of the middle two terms of a series arranged in order of magnitude For example the median number of the series 55 62 76 85 93 is 76. The median duration of this treatment was four months.
mediocre	Of only average quality; not very good. They improved the quality from mediocre to above average.
mediocrity	Ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding. The team suddenly came good after years of mediocrity.
monotony	The quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety. You can become resigned to the monotony of captivity.
nondescript	A nondescript person or thing. A nondescript novel.
normal	Conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm not abnormal. Of normal intelligence.
ordinary	A clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death. He sets out to depict ordinary people.
platitude	A trite or obvious remark. She began uttering liberal platitudes.
ponderous	Slow and clumsy because of great weight. A ponderous burden.
simplistic	Treating complex issues and problems as if they were much simpler than they really are. Simplistic arguments of the ruling party.
stereotyped	Lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality. Stereotyped phrases of condolence.
trite	(of a remark or idea) lacking originality or freshness; dull on account of overuse. This point may now seem obvious and trite.
uninteresting	Characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative. A very uninteresting account of her trip.
unremarkable	Not particularly interesting or surprising. An unremarkable house.
usual	The thing which is typically done or present. The usual greeting.
vapid	Lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest. A vapid smile.