Mundane: meaning, example and synonyms
Mundaneadj. Ordinary and lacking interest or excitement; everyday.
Example
The diaries recorded mostly mundane matters, such as the price of flour and the weather, yet historians prize them for that glimpse of everyday life.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Synonyms
- ordinary, routine, commonplace, humdrum
- Antonyms
- extraordinary, exciting, remarkable, exotic
- Memory tip
- Latin mundus = world: mundane is plain, worldly, everyday stuff.
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Check yourself: Mundane in context
Although the astronaut's mission sounded glamorous, much of her time aboard the station was spent on ______ chores such as cleaning air filters and logging supplies.
Answer: mundane. Cleaning filters and logging supplies are ordinary chores, contrasted with glamour: mundane. congruent (consistent), implacable (unappeasable) and inimical (harmful) don't fit this context.
The poet had a gift for finding wonder in ______ objects, such as a chipped teacup or a pair of worn boots, that most readers would overlook.
Answer: mundane. A chipped teacup and worn boots are everyday, overlooked objects: mundane. perilous (dangerous), implacable (unappeasable) and tenacious (persistent) don't fit this context.