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

Need another word that means the same as “monotonous”? Find 35 synonyms and 30 related words for “monotonous” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Monotonous” are: humdrum, flat, monotone, monotonic, tedious, boring, dull, uninteresting, unexciting, wearisome, tiresome, repetitive, repetitious, unvarying, unchanging, unvaried, lacking variety, ho-hum, routine, mechanical, soul-destroying, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, uneventful, unrelieved, dreary, plodding, colourless, featureless, dry as dust, uniform, monochrome, toneless, uninflected, soporific

Monotonous as an Adjective

Definitions of "Monotonous" as an adjective

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

• Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety.
• Dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest.
• (of a sound or utterance) lacking in variation in tone or pitch.
• Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch.

Synonyms of "Monotonous" as an adjective (35 Words)

boring	So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. A boring evening with uninteresting people.
colourless	Weak in color; not colorful. Colourless nail varnish.
dreary	Causing dejection. A series of dreary dinner parties.
dry as dust	Having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation.
dull	Not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft. The dull thud.
featureless	Lacking distinctive attributes or aspects. The featureless landscape of the steppe.
flat	Relating to flat racing. I m sorry he said in a flat voice.
ho-hum	So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.
humdrum	Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement. Humdrum routine work.
lacking variety	Nonexistent.
mechanical	Operated by a machine or machinery. Mechanical arts.
monochrome	(of a photograph or picture, or a television screen) consisting of or displaying images in black and white or in varying tones of only one colour.
monotone	(of a voice or other sound) unchanging in pitch; without intonation or expressiveness. The monotone housing estates of the big cities.
monotonic	(of a function or quantity) varying in such a way that it either never decreases or never increases. Her dour monotonic husband.
plodding	(of movement) slow and laborious. Plodding methodical Ralph Bellamy.
prosaic	Commonplace; unromantic. The masses were too preoccupied by prosaic day to day concerns.
repetitious	Characterized by repetition. Many hours of repetitious labour.
repetitive	Repetitive and persistent. A repetitive task.
routine	Performed as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason. It was a routine day.
run-of-the-mill	Not special in any way.
soporific	Sleep inducing. The motion of the train had a somewhat soporific effect.
soul-destroying	Destructive to the spirit or soul.
tedious	Using or containing too many words. Tedious days on the train.
tiresome	So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. The tiresome chirping of a cricket.
toneless	(of a voice or musical sound) lacking expression or interest. He began to sing in a toneless voice.
unchanging	Showing little if any change. The party stood for unchanging principles.
uneventful	Not marked by interesting or exciting events. A place where dull people lead uneventful lives.
unexciting	Not exciting; dull. Lived an unexciting life.
uniform	Denoting a garment forming part of a person s uniform. Black uniform jackets.
uninflected	Not inflected. Her voice was flat and uninflected.
uninteresting	Not arousing curiosity or interest. The scenery is dull and uninteresting.
unrelieved	Not provided with relief; not aided or assisted. Flowing gowns of unrelieved black.
unvaried	Not involving change. A plain unvaried diet.
unvarying	Unvarying in nature. Principles of unvarying validity.
wearisome	Causing one to feel tired or bored. They insisted on his presence at wearisome musical soir es.

Usage Examples of "Monotonous" as an adjective

• Nothing is so monotonous as the sea.
• The statistics that he quotes with monotonous regularity.
• Her slurred monotonous speech.
• The owl's faint monotonous hooting.

Associations of "Monotonous" (30 Words)

banal	So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring. Songs with banal repeated words.
banality	A trite or obvious remark. There is an essential banality to the story he tells.
benighted	In a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance. A storm developed and we were forced to wait benighted near the summit.
bored	Feeling weary and impatient because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one’s current activity. Bored with life.
boredom	The feeling of being bored by something tedious. I ll die of boredom if I live that long.
boring	The act of drilling. 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.
dull	Make dull or blunt. A dull gaze.
ennui	A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement. He succumbed to ennui and despair.
exhausting	Having a debilitating effect. A long and exhausting journey.
featureless	Lacking distinguishing characteristics or features. The featureless landscape of the steppe.
humdrum	Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety. An escape from the humdrum of his life.
irksome	Irritating; annoying. What an irksome task the writing of long letters is.
lackluster	Lacking brilliance or vitality. A dull lackluster life.
leaden	Made heavy or weighted down with weariness. A leaden sky.
monotony	Sameness of pitch or tone in a sound or utterance. Depression flattens the voice almost to monotony.
nondescript	A nondescript person or thing. She lived in a nondescript suburban apartment block.
prolixity	Boring verbosity.
prosaic	Lacking wit or imagination. The masses were too preoccupied by prosaic day to day concerns.
tedious	So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. A tedious journey.
tedium	Dullness owing to length or slowness. The tedium of car journeys.
tired	(especially of a statement or idea) boring or uninteresting because overfamiliar. Tired clich s like the information revolution.
tiresome	Causing one to feel bored or annoyed. The tiresome chirping of a cricket.
tiring	Producing exhaustion. It had been a tiring day.
uninteresting	Characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative. The scenery is dull and uninteresting.
unvaried	Lacking variety. A plain unvaried diet.
vapid	Lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest. A bunch of vapid schoolgirls.
verbose	Using or containing too many words. Much academic language is obscure and verbose.
wearing	Geology the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down as by particles washing over it. The visit was especially wearing.
wearisome	So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. They have schedules and inventories that tell them in wearisome detail what they should look for.