ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPprosaic
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prosaic
Meaning: ordinary; lacking imagination
prosaic in a sentence
How prosaic is used in real sentences:
Behind the wild rumors lay a prosaic explanation.
Behind the wild rumors lay a prosaic explanation.
“The vans looked prosaic from the curb, but inside, electrodes tracked electrical rhythms while cameras recorded the sleepers' smallest movements.”
— from the passage Signals After Midnight
Synonyms for prosaic
Other words for prosaic — mundane, pedestrian and humdrum — carry the same meaning.
- mundane
- pedestrian
- humdrum
Antonyms of prosaic
Words that mean the opposite of prosaic:
- poetic
- imaginative
- extraordinary
Where it comes from
From Latin prosa 'prose' (as opposed to poetry)
Memory hook
PROSAIC — like PROSE, not poetry.