Need another word that means the same as “repetitive”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “repetitive” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Repetitive” are: insistent, repetitious, monotonous, tedious, boring, uninteresting, humdrum, mundane, tiresome, wearisome, dreary, soul-destroying
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “repetitive” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| boring | Not interesting; tedious. I ve got a boring job in an office. |
| dreary | Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise. The dreary round of working eating and trying to sleep. |
| humdrum | Lacking excitement or variety; boringly monotonous. Humdrum routine work. |
| insistent | Demanding attention. Tony s soft insistent questioning. |
| monotonous | Dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest. The statistics that he quotes with monotonous regularity. |
| mundane | Found in the ordinary course of events- Anita Diamant. His mundane humdrum existence. |
| repetitious | Characterized by repetition. Many hours of repetitious labour. |
| soul-destroying | Destructive to the spirit or soul. |
| tedious | Using or containing too many words. Tedious days on the train. |
| tiresome | Causing one to feel bored or annoyed. The tiresome chirping of a cricket. |
| uninteresting | Characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative. A very uninteresting account of her trip. |
| wearisome | Causing one to feel tired or bored. Other people s dreams are dreadfully wearisome. |
| acclimate | Harden off (a plant). It will take a few days to get acclimated to the altitude. |
| accustom | Make psychologically or physically used (to something. Sixth form education is supposed to accustom pupils to think for themselves. |
| behavior | Behavioral attributes the way a person behaves toward other people. The behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments. |
| ceaseless | Constant and unending. The fort was subjected to ceaseless bombardment. |
| cession | The act of ceding. The cession of twenty important towns. |
| cliche | A trite or obvious remark. |
| constant | Remaining the same over a period of time. A constant lover. |
| continual | Continual meaning seemingly uninterrupted is often used interchangeably with continuous meaning without interruption. Continual is often used interchangeably with continuous. |
| continuous | Forming a series with no exceptions or reversals. The whole performance is enacted in one continuous movement. |
| conventional | (of a person) greatly or overly concerned with what is generally held to be socially acceptable. West made a conventional bid showing a hand with at least 5 spades. |
| familiarize | Make familiar or conversant with. Exercises which will help to familiarize the terms used. |
| habit | Put a habit on. She had a habit twirling the ends of her hair. |
| habituate | Make or become accustomed or used to something. Bears can become habituated to people very easily. |
| homologous | (of a series of chemical compounds) having the same functional group but differing in composition by a fixed group of atoms. The wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous. |
| incessant | Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing. The incessant beat of the music. |
| nonstop | At all times. How many nonstops are there to Dallas. |
| perennial | A perennial plant. He s a perennial student. |
| perpetuation | The act of prolonging something. Perpetuation of the species is our purpose. |
| recurrence | The fact of occurring again. A drug used to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer. |
| recurrent | Occurring often or repeatedly. She had a recurrent dream about falling. |
| recurring | Coming back. They are haunted by a recurring image of their daughter on the night she died. |
| relentless | Unceasingly intense. The relentless beat of the drums. |
| repeated | Done or occurring again several times in the same way. There were repeated attempts to negotiate. |
| sequence | Arrange in a sequence. They sequenced the human genome. |
| sequential | In regular succession without gaps. A series of sequential steps. |
| seriatim | Taking one subject after another in regular order; point by point. It is proposed to deal with these matters seriatim. |
| stereotyped | Viewed or represented as a stereotype. Stereotyped phrases of condolence. |
| strain | Rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender. The usual type of chair puts an enormous strain on the spine. |
| unceasing | Continuing forever or indefinitely. The unceasing efforts of the staff. |
| uninterrupted | Continuing in time or space without interruption. An uninterrupted flow of traffic. |
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