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bland

/blænd/adjective1 syllable

Bland means: lacking taste or flavor or tang.

Synonyms for bland30

adjective, as in lacking taste or flavor or tang

flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid, tasteless

adjective, as in smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication

politic, smooth, suave, diplomatic, diplomatical

adjective, as in lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

flat, unstimulating, unexciting

also used for bland

anodyne, wallow, cardboard, flaggy, ingustible, intastable, tame, lackluster, wan, banal, basic, beat, blah, commonplace, boring

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What does bland mean?3

adjective

1

lacking taste or flavor or tang“a bland diet”

2

smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication“he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage”

3

lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting“a bland little drama”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with bland?27

two syllables

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three syllables

understand

four syllables

misunderstand
Show 40 near rhymes
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Bland in a sentence

  • I just moved in so my room is still quite bland.WestofEden
  • This tastes a little bit bland to me.CK
  • The doctor recommended a bland diet for my upset stomach.IMer
  • The soup was a bit bland, so I added some salt and pepper.IMer
  • This soup is somehow bland. Maybe add more salt...?sundown
  • Life would become bland without you.aliene
  • Some food is pretty bland without salt.CK
  • The food in this restaurant is bland.marcj794

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of bland

as a adjective

comparative
blander
superlative
blandest