All ho-hum synonyms
ho-hum
H h adj ho-hum
- mundane β common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.
- nothing β no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- ordinary β of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- plain β clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- pointless β without a point: a pointless pen.
- prosaic β commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- slight β small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- soft β yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff: a soft pillow.
- spiritless β without spirit.
- stale β not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stupid β lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- subdued β quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled: After the argument he was much more subdued.
- tame β changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
- tedious β event: dull
- tenuous β lacking a sound basis, as reasoning; unsubstantiated; weak: a tenuous argument.
- thin β having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- tired β having a tire or tires.
- unimaginative β characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- watery β pertaining to or connected with water: watery Neptune.
- weak β not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
- wearisome β causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- wishy-washy β lacking in decisiveness; without strength or character; irresolute.
- nebbish β a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person.
- weariful β full of weariness; fatigued; exhausted.
- characterless β If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
- driveling β saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
- prosy β of the nature of or resembling prose.
- blind β Someone who is blind is unable to see because their eyes are damaged.
- dark β When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
- dim β DIM statement
- laid-back β relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
- leaden β inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move: a leaden weight; leaden feet.
- obscure β (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- pabulum β something that nourishes an animal or vegetable organism; food; nutriment.
- vanilla β any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla, especially V. planifolia, bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food, in perfumery, etc.
- zero β the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- draggy β moving or developing very slowly.
- lusterless β the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- matte β having a dull or lusterless surface: matte paint; a matte complexion; a photograph with a matte finish.
- sombre β gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- choice β If there is a choice of things, there are several of them and you can choose the one you want.
- clear β Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- clement β Clement weather is pleasantly mild and dry.
- dainty β If you describe a movement, person, or object as dainty, you mean that they are small, delicate, and pretty.
- easy β not hard or difficult; requiring no great labor or effort: a book that is easy to read; an easy victory.
- faint β lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- fine β of superior or best quality; of high or highest grade: fine wine.
- genial β of or relating to the chin.
- lenient β agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent: He tended to be lenient toward the children. More lenient laws encouraged greater freedom of expression.
- light β a light product, as a beer or cigarette.