Synonyms for stale
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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stale

   Synonyms:
   vapid, tasteless, threadbare, commonplace, hackneyed

   Antonyms:
   fresh

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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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1. • Urinate

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 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

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1. staleadjective

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "stale":

   obsolete, outdated, out-of-date, outmoded, antiquated

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1. Amy Levine:

   Couples tend to fall into what's quick and easy rather than what's fulfilling and adventurous, on one hand, it’s nice to feel known and understood by your partner sexually, but on the other hand, familiar routines easily get stale.

2. Jennifer Bonjean:

   We’re not totally surprised that when the New York state legislature decided to abolish the statute of limitations, it was going to lead to a number of stale allegations that are being revived, our position is that the statute is unconstitutional, because it revives claims that have been barred by the statute of limitation for a long time, and that it sets a very dangerous precedent, legally speaking, and not just in the context of old assaults.

3. Egyptian Inscription Recorded at the Time of the Invention of Writing:

   Would I had phrases that are not known, utterances that are strange, in new language that has not been used, free from repetition, not an utterance which has grown stale, which men of old have spoken.

4. Bernie Sanders:

   Brothers and sisters: Now is not the time for thinking small, now is not the time for the same-old, same-old establishment politics and stale inside-the-Beltway ideas.

5. Ashwali Monga:

   You're signaling freshness, you're signaling' natural'... all the good things that make food good, if I'm a grocery store then that's how I want you to see my store — logistically, if this person can manage fresh flowers and sell them, this person isn't going to sell stale food.