bland

Meaning

Adj

1. Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
2. Lacking in taste or flavor.
3. Lacking in vigor.
4. Lacking interest; boring; dull.
5. Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.

Verb

1. To mix; blend; mingle.
2. To connect; associate.

Noun

1. Mixture; union.
2. A summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.

Synonyms

insipid

mild

tasteless

gentle

vapid

flavorless

flavourless

suave

soft

flat

smooth

savourless

savorless

dull

without taste

uninteresting

commonplace

placid

sweet

polite

tender

politic

benign

soothing

kind

kitschy

lackluster

lacklustre

lenient

meek

moderate

morose

neutral

offensive

pale

pallid

pedestrian

pleasant

porous

puffy

quiet

salty

softhearted

southeast

spiritless

spongy

sulky

sullen

sympathetic

tepid

trite

unbecoming

uncolored

uncoloured

undistinguished

unexciting

unflavored

uninspiring

unremarkable

unsavory

unsavoury

unseasoned

unstylish

wan

weak

wishy-washy

workaday

achromic

unflavoured

untalkative

lightly seasoned

mild-tasting

wishy-wash

styleless

unexpansive

uninstructive

unpigmented

grum

anodyne

tetric

banal

biddable

blanched

blown

blunt

boring

charming

cheesy

clement

colorless

colourless

compassionate

courteous

dilute

dour

dreary

everyday

garish

graceful

hackneyed

hueless

insinuating

jejune

Pronounced as (IPA)

/blænd/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin blandus (“pleasant, flattering”).