monotony
Wearisome lack variety
Monotony is tedious sameness or lack of variety.
The word suggests weariness from repetition: the monotony of factory work, the monotony of suburban life.
A monotonous voice drones on without variation in pitch or tone.
Monotony implies not just uniformity but the boredom it produces—the feeling that nothing changes and nothing will.
Act of redoing
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- reiterationSaying something again
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- loopCurve closing on itself
cycle · treadmill · drudgery · routine · grind · slog · rehash · iteration
Lacking variety or excitement
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- banalUnoriginal and dull
- prosaicLacking imagination or excitement
- drearyDull and depressing
drab · colorless · lifeless · insipid · vapid · lackluster · uninspiring · unexciting
Wearisome dullness
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
- wearinessState of being drained
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
- apathyAbsence of feeling
lethargy · fatigue · lassitude · malaise · disenchantment · jadedness · world-weariness · numbness
State of being identical
- homogeneityState of sameness throughout
- invariabilityQuality of remaining unchanged
- constancyUnchanging faithfulness over time
- unchangingnessState of remaining constant
consistency · evenness · regularity · predictability · flatness · staleness · stagnation · plateau
repetition
Act of redoing
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- reiterationSaying something again
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
loop · cycle · treadmill · drudgery · routine · grind · slog · rehash · iteration · replay
humdrum
Lacking variety or excitement
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- banalUnoriginal and dull
- prosaicLacking imagination or excitement
dreary · drab · colorless · lifeless · insipid · vapid · lackluster · uninspiring · unexciting · bland
tedium
Wearisome dullness
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
- wearinessState of being drained
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
apathy · lethargy · fatigue · lassitude · malaise · disenchantment · jadedness · world-weariness · numbness · restlessness
uniformity
State of being identical
- homogeneityState of sameness throughout
- invariabilityQuality of remaining unchanged
- constancyUnchanging faithfulness over time
unchangingness · consistency · evenness · regularity · predictability · flatness · staleness · stagnation · plateau · indistinguishability
- tediumboredom, tedium, drudgery, busywork, waiting
- writing flawstypos, spelling errors, plot hole, plot holes, cliche
- boredomboredom, ennui, tedium, dullness, listlessness
- mono- wordsmonochrome, monocle, monogram, monolith, monorail
- routinesmorning routine, habits, routines, morning routines, procedures
- work problemslayoff, firing, low pay, burnout, deadline pressure
monotonyvariety
State of being diverse
diversity · variation · variability · change · multiplicity
monotonyexcitement
State of eager enthusiasm
fascination · interest · stimulation · engagement · enthrallment
- in a monotone
- monotone voiceSpeech lacking pitch variation
- monotone speechUnvarying pitch while talking