Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun monotony
2 senses of monotony
Sense 1
monotony, humdrum, sameness -- (the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served")
=> unvariedness -- (characterized by an absence of variation)
Sense 2
monotony -- (constancy of tone or pitch or inflection)
=> constancy, stability -- (the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation; "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds")