banal

Meaning

1. Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
2. Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service.

Synonyms

commonplace

trite

hackneyed

trivial

stock

shopworn

ordinary

threadbare

well-worn

common

platitudinous

timeworn

tired

😫

vapid

insipid

old-hat

unoriginal

jejune

outworn

prevalent

prosaic

stale

bathetic

stereotypic

stereotypical

uncreative

uninspiring

workaday

worn out

platitudinarian

prosaical

platitudinal

stereotyped

bland

communal

conventional

derivative

despicable

dull

everyday

fatuous

flat

general

inane

lackluster

lacklustre

lifeless

mutual

old hat

pedestrian

plain

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bəˈnɑːl/

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.