ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Bland', Synonyms of 'Bland' & More on 'Bland'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

bland
    adj 1: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid
           hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid
           beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: bland, flat, flavorless,
           flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless,
           vapid]
    2: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland
       little drama"; "a flat joke" [syn: bland, flat]
    3: 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" [syn: politic,
       smooth, suave, bland]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bland \Bland\, a. [L. blandus, of unknown origin.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave;
      as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.
      "Exhilarating vapor bland." --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or
      irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland
      diet.
      [1913 Webster]

3. U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

Bland -- U.S. County in Virginia
   Population (2000):    6871
   Housing Units (2000): 3161
   Land area (2000):     358.668496 sq. miles (928.947101 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.063072 sq. miles (0.163357 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    358.731568 sq. miles (929.110458 sq. km)
   Located within:       Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
   Location:             37.132329 N, 81.126500 W
   Headwords:
    Bland
    Bland, VA
    Bland County
    Bland County, VA

4. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Bland, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
   Population (2000):    565
   Housing Units (2000): 299
   Land area (2000):     0.641615 sq. miles (1.661774 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.641615 sq. miles (1.661774 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            06256
   Located within:       Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
   Location:             38.302510 N, 91.634232 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     65014
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Bland, MO
    Bland

Thesaurus Results for Bland:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

abstract, adulatory, balmy, banal, bare, barren, blah, blandishing, blank, blarneying, bleached, boring, broad, buttery, cajoling, calm, changeable, characterless, civilized, clear, collective, complimentary, composed, cool, courtierly, courtly, devoid, disarming, dull, empty, faint, fair-spoken, fawning, featureless, fine-spoken, flat, flattering, fulsome, general, generalized, generic, gentle, glib, good-natured, gushing, halfhearted, hollow, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, honeyed, inane, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, infirm of purpose, infirm of will, ingratiating, insincere, insinuating, insipid, insouciant, irresolute, judicious, lenient, mealymouthed, mild, mild as milk, milk-and-water, milky, moderate, mushy, namby-pamby, nebulous, neutral, nonchalant, nonspecific, nonviolent, null, null and void, obsequious, oily, oily-tongued, pacifistic, peaceable, peaceful, prudent, sapless, slimy, slobbery, smarmy, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, smug, soapy, sober, soft, soft-soaping, soft-spoken, soothing, suave, suave-spoken, sycophantic, tame, tasteless, temperate, uncharacterized, unctuous, undifferentiated, unemotional, uninteresting, unrelieved, unruffled, unspecified, urbane, vacant, vacuous, vague, vapid, void, waterish, watery, wheedling, white, wide, wishy-washy, with nothing inside, without content

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