Antonyms of adj bland

3 senses of bland

Sense 1
bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid -- (lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea")

INDIRECT (VIA tasteless) -> tasty -- (pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel")

Sense 2
bland, flat -- (lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke")

INDIRECT (VIA unstimulating) -> stimulating -- (rousing or quickening activity or the senses; "a stimulating discussion")

Sense 3
politic, smooth, suave, bland -- (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")

INDIRECT (VIA diplomatic) -> undiplomatic -- (not skilled in dealing with others)

Similarity of adj bland

3 senses of bland

Sense 1
bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid -- (lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea")
       => tasteless (vs. tasty) -- (lacking flavor)

Sense 2
bland, flat -- (lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke")
       => unstimulating (vs. stimulating), unexciting -- (not stimulating)

Sense 3
politic, smooth, suave, bland -- (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")
       => diplomatic (vs. undiplomatic), diplomatical -- (using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people; "the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic chenage of subject")

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