bland

bland is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.
2. adjective. Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.
3. adjective. smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication

   "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"

   "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"

   Synonyms: politic, smooth, suave

4. adjective. lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

   "a bland little drama"

   "a flat joke"

   Synonyms: flat

5. adjective. lacking taste or flavor or tang

   "a bland diet"

   "insipid hospital food"

   Synonyms: flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid

Synonyms

politic, smooth, suave, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid

Common word forms

blander, blandly, blandest, blandness

Words from these letters

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