Monotonous meaning

What does “monotonous” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“monotonous” is an adjective with 2 meanings. Its most common meaning is: tediously repetitious or lacking in variety.

monotonous

adjective

  1. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety

    “a humdrum existence; all work and no play”

    “nothing is so monotonous as the sea”

    Synonymshumdrum
  2. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

    “the owl's faint monotonous hooting”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University