tedious
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
a boring evening with uninteresting people
Related & opposite
- dullness derivation
- insipidity derivation
- tediousness derivation
- tedium derivation
- uninteresting similar to
Sense 2 adjective
using or containing too many words
long-winded (or windy) speakers
Related & opposite
- tediousness derivation
- verboseness derivation
- prolixity derivation
- jazz derivation
- prolix similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dullness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | insipidity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tediousness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tedium |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | uninteresting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tediousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | verboseness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prolixity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | jazz |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | prolix |