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The Meaning of bland
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(a.) Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.
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(a.) Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.
Synonyms
plane
,
smooth
,
two-dimensional
,
flavorless
,
categoric
,
matt
,
savourless
,
jejune
,
insipid
,
level
,
monotonic
,
compressed
,
unconditional
,
matted
,
suave
,
vapid
,
categorical
,
monotonous
,
prostrate
,
matte
,
monotone
,
savorless
,
flat
,
mat
,
flavourless
,
politic
,
fluid
,
placid
,
tranquil
,
unruffled
,
still
,
quiet
,
legato
,
debonair
,
debonnaire
,
debonaire
,
fluent
,
liquid
,
tasteless
Antonyms
stimulating
,
undiplomatic
,
tasty
Rhymes
ampersand
,
armband
,
backhand
,
band
,
bandstand
,
banned
,
beforehand
,
bourland
,
brand
,
brande
,
broadband
,
canned
,
chand
,
command
,
contraband
,
cropland
,
deland
,
demand
,
disband
,
dixieland
,
dreamland
,
expand
,
fairyland
,
fanned
,
farmhand
,
farmland
,
fatherland
,
ferdinand
,
fernand
,
finland
,
firebrand
,
firsthand
,
forehand
,
freehand
,
gland
,
goodland
,
grand
,
grande
,
grandstand
,
grassland
,
greenland
,
hand
,
handstand
,
headband
,
heartland
,
hildebrand
,
hinterland
,
homeland
,
inland
,
laband
,
land
,
lande
,
lapland
,
lefthand
,
longhand
,
lowland
,
mainland
,
mande
,
manned
,
marchand
,
marshland
,
meadowland
,
midland
,
misunderstand
,
moorland
,
motherland
,
newsstand
,
nightstand
,
northland
,
nuland
,
offhand
,
outmanned
,
overland
,
panned
,
parkland
,
planned
,
queensland
,
quicksand
,
rand
,
remand
,
reprimand
,
rhineland
,
samarkand
,
sand
,
secondhand
,
shadowland
,
shand
,
shorthand
,
somaliland
,
southland
,
spanned
,
stagehand
,
stand
,
strand
,
strande
,
streisand
,
tanned
,
thailand
,
timberland
,
undermanned
,
understand
,
unmanned
,
unplanned
,
vande
,
wasteland
,
wetland
,
withstand
,
wonderland
,
woodland