Synonyms for Dull:

• adj.

  •blind (adjective)
  • unperceptive.
  •blunt (adjective)
  • pointless,
  • rounded,
  • unpointed,
  • unsharpened,
  • blunt,
  • obtuse.
  •boring (adjective)
  • boring,
  • commonplace,
  • depressing,
  • dry,
  • humdrum,
  • insipid,
  • monotonous,
  • mundane,
  • prosaic,
  • tedious,
  • tiresome,
  • uninteresting,
  • wearisome,
  • dreary.
  •boring, uninteresting (adjective)
  • commonplace,
  • dreary,
  • dry,
  • humdrum,
  • insipid,
  • pointless,
  • soporific,
  • tame,
  • tired,
  • tiresome,
  • unimaginative.
  •colorless (adjective)
  • achromatic,
  • bleached,
  • colorless,
  • faded,
  • hueless,
  • lackluster,
  • lusterless,
  • neutral,
  • pale,
  • toneless,
  • white.
  •dark (adjective)
  • dun,
  • lightless.
  •darkish (adjective)
  • dim.
  •dead (adjective)
  • anesthetized.
  •drab, lackluster in effect on senses (adjective)
  • ashen,
  • cold,
  • dingy,
  • dun,
  • faded,
  • leaden,
  • mousy,
  • muffled,
  • somber.
  •dull (adjective)
  • apathetic,
  • benumbed,
  • besotted,
  • blunt,
  • boorish,
  • bovine,
  • cloddish,
  • dense,
  • dim,
  • doltish,
  • drowsy,
  • lethargic,
  • loutish,
  • obtuse,
  • ponderous,
  • sleepy,
  • slow,
  • sluggish,
  • thick-witted,
  • comatose,
  • soporific,
  • stupefied,
  • stupid.
  •expressionless (adjective)
  • blank,
  • lusterless.
  •gray (adjective)
  • ashen,
  • dapple-gray,
  • dingy,
  • drab,
  • dreary,
  • gloomy,
  • gray,
  • grizzled,
  • iron-gray,
  • mousy,
  • pearly,
  • silvery,
  • smoky,
  • somber,
  • taupe,
  • battleship-gray,
  • gun metal,
  • lead-gray,
  • mole-gray,
  • neutral-tint,
  • pearl-gray,
  • salt-and-pepper,
  • leaden.
  •inactive (adjective)
  • benumbed,
  • supine.
  •inert (adjective)
  • inert.
  •insensitive (adjective)
  • apathetic,
  • blank,
  • callous,
  • colorless,
  • dead,
  • empty,
  • flat,
  • heavy,
  • inert,
  • insensible,
  • languid,
  • lifeless,
  • listless,
  • monotonous,
  • prosaic,
  • quiet,
  • slack,
  • still,
  • torpid.
  •lethargic (adjective)
  • dopey,
  • drooping,
  • indolent,
  • lackadaisical,
  • languid,
  • languorous,
  • lazy,
  • leaden,
  • leisurely,
  • lifeless,
  • listless,
  • lumpish,
  • lymphatic,
  • phlegmatic,
  • slothful,
  • tired,
  • torpid,
  • unhurried,
  • apathetic,
  • benumbed,
  • drugged,
  • insensible,
  • lethargic,
  • slow,
  • sluggish,
  • hebetudinous.
  •non-resonant (adjective)
  • flat,
  • muffled,
  • mute,
  • silenced,
  • Damped,
  • non-resonant,
  • dead,
  • deadened.
  •not sharp (adjective)
  • blunt,
  • unpointed,
  • unsharpened.
  •numb (adjective)
  • dazed,
  • deadened,
  • desensitized,
  • drugged,
  • narcotized,
  • stupefied,
  • anesthetized,
  • insensitive,
  • numb.
  •senseless (adjective)
  • aloof,
  • anesthetized,
  • callous,
  • comatose,
  • dead,
  • faint,
  • insensible,
  • insensitive,
  • insentient,
  • narcotic,
  • numb,
  • oblivious,
  • senseless,
  • soporific,
  • swooning,
  • unconscious,
  • unfeeling,
  • unperceptive,
  • blacked out,
  • trance-like.
  •slow-witted (adjective)
  • slow-witted.
  •uneventful (adjective)
  • slothful.
  •unimaginative (adjective)
  • prosaic.
  •unintelligent (adjective)
  • besotted,
  • boring,
  • dense,
  • dim,
  • doltish,
  • indolent,
  • obtuse,
  • slow,
  • sluggish,
  • stolid,
  • tedious,
  • wearisome,
  • stupid.

• n.

  •
  • dun.
  •
  • slow-witted,
  • stolid,
  • unimaginative,
  • unintelligent,
  • wooden.
  •
  • drown.
  •dull (noun)
  • benumb,
  • blunt,
  • boring,
  • bovine,
  • damp,
  • dampen,
  • deadened,
  • dense,
  • dim,
  • drab,
  • dreary,
  • flat,
  • gray,
  • heavy,
  • humdrum,
  • insensitive,
  • lackluster,
  • leaden,
  • lusterless,
  • mat,
  • monotonous,
  • muffle,
  • muffled,
  • mute,
  • numb,
  • obtuse,
  • slow,
  • sluggish,
  • tedious,
  • tiresome,
  • tone down,
  • uninteresting,
  • unsharpened,
  • wearisome.
  •grayness (noun)
  • dinginess,
  • drabness,
  • dreariness,
  • dullness,
  • gloominess,
  • grayness,
  • somberness,
  • Silveriness,
  • Smokiness,
  • ashiness,
  • dapple-grayness,
  • iron-grayness,
  • leadenness,
  • mousiness,
  • pearliness.

• v.

  •blunt (verb)
  • diminish,
  • soften.
  •bore (verb)
  • annoy,
  • bore,
  • fatigue,
  • sedate,
  • tire,
  • tranquilize,
  • weary.
  •disable (verb)
  • abrogate,
  • anesthetize,
  • benumb,
  • botch,
  • cramp,
  • cripple,
  • deaden,
  • disable,
  • disarm,
  • enfeeble,
  • hamper,
  • hamstring,
  • handicap,
  • hinder,
  • hobble,
  • impair,
  • incapacitate,
  • invalidate,
  • lame,
  • neutralize,
  • paralyze,
  • prostrate,
  • sap,
  • scotch,
  • screw up,
  • stun,
  • stupefy,
  • tamper,
  • undermine,
  • vitiate,
  • weaken.
  •numb (verb)
  • daze,
  • desensitize,
  • drug,
  • narcotize.
  •quiet (verb)
  • muffle,
  • quiet,
  • silence,
  • still,
  • turn down.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • slow-witted,
  • Hebetate.
  •
  • blank.
  •
  • drown,
  • wooden.
  •barren
  • unimaginative.
  •brownish
  • dun.
  •dim
  • turn down.
  •numb
  • obtund.
  •whiten
  • grizzled.
  •Other relevant words:
  • blank,
  • choke,
  • cold,
  • cushion,
  • damp,
  • dampen,
  • deadpan,
  • deafen,
  • droopy,
  • drown,
  • dun,
  • empty,
  • exanimate,
  • fishy,
  • glassy,
  • glazed,
  • heavy,
  • inert,
  • leaded,
  • lightless,
  • logy,
  • lymphatic,
  • mat,
  • obdurate,
  • obtund,
  • phlegmatical,
  • repress,
  • slack,
  • slow-witted,
  • smother,
  • stifle,
  • stolid,
  • stop,
  • subdue,
  • supine,
  • suppress,
  • tame,
  • tarnish,
  • throttle,
  • tone down,
  • unimaginative,
  • unintelligent,
  • vacant,
  • wooden,
  • Hebetate,
  • Lethargical,
  • unpoetical,
  • hebetudinous,
  • kill,
  • take the edge off,
  • dry-as-dust.

Antonyms for Dull:

• adj.

  • all
    bright, lively, sharp.
  • boring, uninteresting
    happy, pleasant.
  • drab, lackluster in effect on senses
    apparent, brilliant, cheerful, distinct, excited, good, hopeful, rough, visible.
  • insensitive
    agitated, alert, energetic, filled, full, satisfied, spirited.
  • not sharp
    dishonest.
  • unintelligent
    active, bright, clear, cognizant, eventful, exciting, fast, intelligent, interesting, keen, knifelike, light, lively, luminous, lustrous, pointed, quick, sensitive, serrated, sharp, smart, vivacious, witty.
  • Other antonyms:
    absorbing, active, acute, agleam, aglitter, aglow, alive, alluring, amazing, amusing, animated, animating, apt, ardent, arresting, assiduous, astonishing, astounding, astute, attractive, awesome, beadlike, beady, beaming, beamy, beguiling, bewitching, blaring, blasting, blazing, blinding, booming, bouncing, bouncy, brainy, brazen, breathtaking, breezy, bright, bright as a new penny, brilliant, bubbling, bubbly, burbling, burbly, burnished, busy, buttonlike, buttony, candescent, captivating, carnassial, cerebral, charming, chromatic, clamorous, clangorous, clarion, clear, clever, cloudless, colored, colorful, coruscant, crafty, crashing, cunning, cutting, dark, dazzling, deafening, deep, diligent, discerning, discordant, diverting, dyed, dynamic, earsplitting, edged, edgy, educated, effervescent, effulgent, effusive, electrifying, enchanting, energetic, energizing, engaged, engaging, engrossing, enlivening, entertaining, enthralling, entrancing, erudite, exciting, exhilarating, fabulous, fascinating, fast, flashy, foxy, frothy, fulgent, fulgid, fulgurating, galvanizing, garish, gaudy, glaring, glary, glazed, gleaming, glimmering, glimmery, glinting, glistening, glistering, glittering, glittery, glossy, glowing, grating, gripping, ground, gushing, hair-raising, hardworking, harsh, highbrow, illuminated, incandescent, incisive, industrious, informed, ingenious, insightful, inspiring, intellectual, intelligent, intense, interesting, intriguing, invigorating, iridescent, jabbing, jagged, judicious, keen, kinetic, knifelike, knowing, knowledgeable, lambent, lancinate, lancinating, learned, lit, literate, live, lively, logical, loud, lucent, lucid, luminous, lurid, lustrous, marvelous, mesmerizing, motley, moving, multicolored, nacreous, needlelike, nimble, nitid, noctilucent, noisy, obstreperous, occupied, opalescent, opaline, painted, pearlescent, penetrating, penetrative, peppy, perceptive, percipient, perky, perspicacious, piercing, plangent, poignant, pointed, polished, polychromatic, polychrome, prickly, prismatic, provocative, prudent, pure, quick, quick-witted, radiant, rainbow, rational, raucous, razor-sharp, reasonable, refulgent, resounding, resourceful, resplendent, reverberant, rich, ringing, rip-roaring, riveting, roaring, rousing, sagacious, sage, salt, sane, sapient, satin, satiny, saturated, savvy, scholarly, schooled, scintillant, scintillating, scratching, sedulous, sensational, sensible, sensitive, sharp, sharpen, sharpened, sheeny, shimmering, shimmery, shining, shiny, showy, shrewd, shrill, silken, silklike, silky, silver, silvern, silvery, skilled, sleek, slick, slippery, smart, sonorous, sound, sparkling, sparkly, spectacular, spellbinding, spiked, spikelike, spiky, spiny, spirited, splashy, sprightly, springy, squealing, stabbing, stained, stentorian, stimulating, stirring, strident, sunlit, sunny, sunshiny, surprising, suspenseful, tantalizing, thinking, thrilling, thundering, thunderous, tinged, tinted, touching, trained, twinkling, valid, varicolored, variegated, varnished, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vivacious, vivid, vociferous, warm, well-read, wily, wise, wonderful, wondrous, working, zippy, Bedazzling, Dinning, Gemmy, Lacerating, Overloud, Self-luminous, Sharp-witted, Whetted, illumined, shellacked, buffed, eye-opening, hyperintelligent, supersmart, ultrasmart.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    absorbing, accentuate, active, acute, agitated, agleam, aglitter, aglow, alert, alive, alluring, amazing, amplify, amusing, animate, animated, animating, apparent, apt, ardent, arouse, arresting, assiduous, astonishing, astounding, astute, attractive, augment, awesome, beadlike, beady, beaming, beamy, beguiling, bewitching, blaring, blasting, blazing, blinding, booming, bouncing, bouncy, brainy, breathtaking, breezy, bright, brighten, brilliant, brisk, bubbling, bubbly, burbling, burbly, burnished, busy, buttonlike, buttony, candescent, captivating, carnassial, cerebral, charming, checker, cheerful, chromatic, clamorous, clangorous, clarion, clear, clever, cloudless, cognizant, color, colored, colorful, consolidate, coruscant, crafty, crashing, cunning, cutting, dapple, dark, darken, daub, dazzling, deafening, deep, deepen, diligent, discerning, discolor, discordant, dishonest, distinct, diverting, dye, dyed, dynamic, earsplitting, edged, edgy, educated, effervescent, effulgent, effusive, electrifying, embrown, enchanting, energetic, energizing, engaged, engaging, engrossing, enhance, enliven, enlivening, entertaining, enthralling, entrancing, erudite, eventful, excited, exciting, exhilarating, fabulous, fascinating, fast, filled, flashy, fleck, foxy, frothy, fulgent, fulgid, fulgurating, full, fun, galvanizing, garish, gaudy, glaring, glary, glazed, gleaming, glimmering, glimmery, glinting, glistening, glistering, glittering, glittery, glossy, glowing, good, grating, gripping, ground, gushing, hair-raising, happy, hardworking, harsh, heighten, highbrow, hopeful, illuminated, incandescent, incisive, industrious, informed, ingenious, insightful, inspiring, intellectual, intelligent, intense, intensify, interesting, intriguing, invigorating, iridescent, jabbing, jagged, judicious, keen, kinetic, knifelike, knowing, knowledgeable, lambent, lancinate, lancinating, learned, light, lit, literate, live, lively, logical, loud, lucent, lucid, luminous, lurid, lustrous, magnify, marble, marvelous, mesmerizing, motley, mottle, moving, multicolored, nacreous, needlelike, nimble, nitid, noctilucent, noisy, obstreperous, occupied, opalescent, opaline, paint, painted, pattern, pearlescent, penetrating, penetrative, peppy, perceptive, percipient, perky, perspicacious, piercing, pigment, plangent, pleasant, poignant, pointed, polish, polished, polychromatic, polychrome, prickly, prismatic, provocative, prudent, quick, quick-witted, radiant, rainbow, raise, rational, raucous, razor-sharp, reasonable, redouble, refulgent, resonant, resounding, resourceful, resplendent, rested, rich, ringing, rip-roaring, riveting, roaring, rough, rousing, sagacious, sage, salt, satiny, satisfied, savvy, scintillating, sensational, sensitive, serrated, sharp, sharpen, sharpened, shining, shiny, silken, silky, silvery, sleek, slick, smart, sparkly, spirited, sprightly, stabbing, stimulating, stirring, sunny, tantalizing, tarnish, thinking, thrilling, thundering, thunderous, tincture, tinge, tinged, tint, tinted, touching, trained, twinkling, valid, varicolored, variegate, variegated, varnished, vibrant, vigorous, visible, vital, vivacious, vivid, vociferous, warm, watchful, well-read, whet, wily, wise, witty, wonderful, wondrous, working, Attracting, Bedazzling, Dinning, Gemmy, Honed, Involving, Lacerating, Lacquered, Lightened, Overloud, Rubbed, Sharp-witted, Whetted, illumined, buffed, eye-opening, hyperintelligent, supersmart, ultrasmart, chisel-like, dagger-like, drill-like, fang-like, file-like, metal-cutting, gay, ultrasharp, trumpetlike, full of beans.