humdrum
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
Types & categories
- unvariedness hypernym
Related & opposite
- samep derivation
Sense 2 adjective
not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
an unglamorous job greasing engines
Related & opposite
- prosiness derivation
- prose derivation
- unexciting similar to
Sense 3 adjective
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
a humdrum existence; all work and no play
Related & opposite
- dull similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | samep |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unvariedness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prosiness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prose |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unexciting |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | dull |