prosaic

Meaning

1. Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.
2. Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.
3. (usually) Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.

Opposite of

poetic

Synonyms

commonplace

prosy

pedestrian

matter-of-fact

prosaical

ordinary

dull

humdrum

unglamourous

mediocre

common

monotonous

tedious

trite

earthbound

unglamorous

outworn

platitudinous

prose

quotidian

run-of-the-mill

shopworn

stodgy

tame

threadbare

undistinguished

unexceptional

unexciting

unimaginative

uninspired

uninteresting

unlovely

unpicturesque

unpoetic

unremarkable

unromantic

unvaried

average

wearisome

weary

😩

well-worn

workaday

worn out

vulgarity

banal

blank

boring

drab

essay

everyday

Translations

prosaisch

prosaico

prosaico

prosaïque

πεζός

prozaïsch

ανιαρός

prosaico

τετριμμένος

Trockenheit

μονότονος

Flachheit

in Prosa abgefasst

κοινότοπος

Nüchternheit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹəʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/

Etymology

From Middle French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus (“in prose”), from Latin prosa (“prose”), from prorsus (“straightforward, in prose”), from Old Latin provorsus (“straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), from vertō (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, to bend”).