Stale

/steɪl/

Synonyms for "stale" (217 found)

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Closest matches (44)

allurement antiquatedback numberback-number bad bait banal bewhiskered blown boring bromidic chain cliche cliched close come-on common commonplace corny crumbling

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cut-and-drieddead decoy dilapidated dilute diluted dry dusty enticement fade familiar

Adjective(10 words)

arid groundblander coldcommonplace phrasecornier creaky dated dusty expired fatigued

Noun(3 words)

clichéfeel tiredfeeling tired

Strong matches (65)

fetid flat flavorless foul frowsy frowy funky fusty gamygone offgone to seedgruelly hack hackney hackneyedhand-me-downhardened high inane indifferent

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insipid jejune lifeless limp lure malodorous mild mildewedmilk-and-watermoldering moldy moss-grownmoth eatenmoth-eaten mouldy musty noisome off oldold hat

Adjective(19 words)

frowsiest frowsty frowsy fustier fustiest hackneyed hoarier hoarser hoaryinanimate subjectinanimate surroundingsmoldiest moldy moribund moth-eaten mustier mustiest obsoleteold data

Adjective(1 words)

hackneyed

Noun(4 words)

hackneyed phrasehaft handle helve

Determiner(1 words)

most pedestrian

Related words (108)

old-fashioned overused pappy pedestrian piddle platitudinous prosaic pulpy rancid rank ready-made reechy reeking rotten ruined ruinous rusty sapless savorless seducement

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set shopworn smelly snare sour soured spiceless spoiled square stagnant stenchy stereotyped sterile stinking stock strong stuffy tainted tasteless temptation thin threadbare time-scarred time-worn timeworn tired tiresome trap trite truistic turnedtwice toldunflavored unoriginal unsavory urine vapidwarmed overwarmed-over washy water wateredwatered downwatered-down watery weak weary well-known well-worn wet wiltedwishy washywishy-washy withered wornworn thin

Adjective(23 words)

oldest kingdomout-of-dateoutdatedoutdated dataoutdated informationoutdated statuspredictable patternrotten spoiled stagnantstagnant culturestagnant growthstagnant settingstalersterile environmentstodgiest tiredest trite tritestuncreative work

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unenergetic mooduninspired repetitionunoriginal

Noun(8 words)

outoutdated grouprechauffe routine shaft snath stemthe shaft of a scythe

Verb(1 words)

staled

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

18 entries

adjective descriptor makemake watermicturatepass waterpee pee-pee piddle piss puddle qualityrelieve oneselfspend a pennytake a leakurinate

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More specific

12 entries

stale breadstale cheesestale crackersstale datastale examplestale ideastale informationstale jokestale milkstale phrasestale recordsstale statistics

Collocations

6 entries

stale airstale breadstale coffeestale datastale jokestale milk

Inflections

2 entries

staler stalest

Derivations

1 entries

staleness

Antonyms

1 entries

fresh

similar

20 entries

addled bad cold corrupt day-old flyblown hard maggoty moldy mouldy musty old putrescent putrid rancid rotten

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Sample sentences

108 total sentences available.

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While on a mountain trip, I was chewing on some hard, stale bread when I happened upon a huge snake.

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The beer is stale.

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A nurse brought me some bread and coffee, but the bread was stale and the coffee tasted of soap.

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This popcorn tastes stale. I wonder when it was popped.

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