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Synonyms for stale
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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.5 / 2 votes

  1. stale

    Synonyms:
    cold, dull, flat, flavorless, insipid, prosy, stupid, tasteless, vapid

    Antonyms:
    flavorous, forcible, lively, piquant, pungent, racy, rich, spicy, spirited

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. stale

    Synonyms:
    vapid, tasteless, threadbare, commonplace, hackneyed

    Antonyms:
    fresh

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. staleadjective

    lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age

    "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"

    Synonyms:
    moth-eaten, dusty, cold

    Antonyms:
    good, original, new-made, fresh-cut, strong, unspoilt, hot, fresh, warm, crisp, undecomposed, unspoiled, caller

  2. cold, stale, dusty, moth-eatenverb

    lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

    "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"

    Synonyms:
    dust-covered, ratty, dusty, cold, tatty, mothy, moth-eaten, shabby, inhuman, cold-blooded, frigid, insensate

    Antonyms:
    crisp, good, warm, undecomposed, hot, caller, original, new-made, unspoilt, unspoiled, strong, fresh, fresh-cut

  3. staleverb

    urinate, of cattle and horses

    Antonyms:
    hot, unspoiled, new-made, caller, original, warm, good, fresh, undecomposed, strong, crisp, unspoilt, fresh-cut

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Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. staleadjective

    Synonyms:
    vapid, tasteless, insipid, mawkish, flat, flashy, musty, fusty, sour, not fresh

  2. staleadjective

    Synonyms:
    old, decayed, faded, effete, time-worn, worn out, not new

  3. staleadjective

    Synonyms:
    trite, common, hackneyed, commonplace, threadbare, not novel

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. staleadjective

    Synonyms:
    vapid, musty, fusty, flat, insipid, mawkish, trite, common, banal, hackneyed, commonplace

PPDB, the paraphrase database4.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "stale":

    obsolete, outdated, out-of-date, outmoded, antiquated

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1766flat
#1986cold
#4775stupid
#12297obsolete
#12662outdated
#13293dull
#15965dusty
#25249shabby
#25360stale
#27935commonplace
#31262inhuman
#32970tasteless
#49178antiquated
#52117frigid
#70253outmoded
#72074insipid
#79400ratty
#85672tatty
#94014vapid
#100279threadbare
#101506hackneyed
#238944flavorless
#272680insensate

How to use stale in a sentence?

  1. Colton Wilson:

    Bottled water tastes like stale rocks

  2. New York:

    During a year when pale, male and stale men sitting in a dark room in Washington have tried to drive a wedge through us through hate and sexism and bigotry, we will march!

  3. Larry Shover:

    China, Greece, earnings, and the Fed: Even though all of those narratives are old, stale, and worn out, anything that comes out in regard to that is going to move the market.

  4. Daphne DuMaurier, Rebecca:

    I wish there could have been an invention that bottled up a memory, like perfume, and it never faded, never got stale. Then whenever I wanted to, I could uncork that bottle and live the memory all over again.

  5. Willa Cather:

    Winter lies too long in country towns hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.


Translations for stale

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  • abgestanden, schal, veraltet, altbacken, abgedroschenGerman
  • μπαγιάτικος, στάσιμοςGreek
  • malfreŝaEsperanto
  • duro, pasado, manido, revenido, viciado, anquilosadoSpanish
  • väljähtänyt, kulunut, varsi, tympeä, ummehtunutFinnish
  • vicié, défraîchi, croupi, vieilli, suranné, caduc, rance, périmé, rassisFrench
  • stantioItalian
  • לֹא טָרִיHebrew
  • 古い, 陳腐Japanese
  • ranzig, taai, muf, onfris, vervuild, ouderwetsDutch
  • parado, rançosoPortuguese
  • банальный, затхлый, несвежий, бородатый, избитый, чёрствыйRussian
  • bajatAlbanian
  • passéSwedish
  • పాచిన, వడలిన, వాడినTelugu
  • bayatTurkish
  • 陳舊Chinese

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