banal
Adjective Satellite
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Adj
- Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
- Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service.
Adjective
- Lacking originality, making it obvious and boring.
Examples
- Playing ’CAT’ is a banal move, but sometimes it’s all you’ve got.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French banal (“held in common, relating to feudal service, by extension commonplace”), from Old French banel, related to Medieval Latin bannālis (“subject to feudal authority”), from Latin bannus (“jurisdiction”), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to order, summon, forbid”). Equivalent to ban + -al. See also ban, abandon.
Synonyms
commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn, banal, beat, blah, bland, boring, bromidic, clichéd, cold, colourless, cookie-cutter, corny, dog-eared, drab, dreich, drowsy, dull, dull as dishwater, everyday, flat, ho-hum, hoary, humdrum, insipid, lackluster, lame, languid, lifeless, longsome, meh, monotonous, mundane, no fun at parties, overdone, pat, pedantic, pedestrian, plain, played out, plodding, prosaic, prosy, snoozeworthy, soporific, stale, static, stodgy, straightforward, tedious, uncool, uninteresting, unoriginal, vanilla, vapid, wan, warmed-over, weaksauce, wooden
Scrabble Score: 7
banal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbanal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
banal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary