All pabulum synonyms
pab·u·lum
P p noun pabulum
- food — any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.
- foodstuff — a substance used or capable of being used as nutriment.
- eatables — edible.
- aliment — something that nourishes or sustains the body or mind
- edibles — fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent.
- nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- cookery — Cookery is the activity of preparing and cooking food.
adj pabulum
- cornball — Cornball means the same as corny.
- cliched — If you describe something as clichéd, you mean that it has been said, done, or used many times before, and is boring or untrue.
- banal — If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
- laid back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
- demulcent — soothing; mollifying
- meek — humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
- mild — amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
- lackluster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lifeless — not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
- matte — having a dull or lusterless surface: matte paint; a matte complexion; a photograph with a matte finish.
- cornfed — fed on corn
- draggy — moving or developing very slowly.
- ho-hum — dull, boring, or routine; so-so: a ho-hum performance.
- dull as dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- garden variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
- bland — If you describe someone or something as bland, you mean that they are rather dull and unexciting.
- longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- lenitive — softening, soothing, or mitigating, as medicines or applications.
- lusterless — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- milk-and-water — ineffective; wishy-washy; lacking will or strength.
adjective pabulum
- nerdy — Slang. of or like a nerd.
- yawner — a person who yawns.
- nowhere — in or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.
- workaday — of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.
- noplace — nowhere.
- lacklustre — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- wimpy — of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp.
- longanimous — Long-suffering; patient; showing self-control and restraint.