Antonyms for white bread
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : hwahyt-bred, wahyt- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʰwaɪtˌbrɛd, ˈwaɪt- |
- able
- abnormal
- abstruse
- ambiguous
- attractive
- atypical
- beautiful
- bright
- busy
- changeable
- complex
- complicated
- decorated
- different
- difficult
- distinctive
- dressed-up
- eccentric
- embellished
- eventful
- exaggerated
- exceptional
- exciting
- extraordinary
- foreign
- formal
- hidden
- imperceptible
- incautious
- incomprehensible
- inconstant
- infrequent
- intelligent
- interesting
- intricate
- irregular
- left-wing
- liberal
- lively
- new
- obscure
- obscured
- occasional
- original
- ornate
- pretty
- progressive
- radical
- rare
- remarkable
- smart
- sophisticated
- special
- strange
- strong
- superior
- unclear
- uncommon
- unconventional
- unfamiliar
- unfixed
- unmanageable
- unstable
- unsteady
- untamed
- untrustworthy
- unusual
- vague
- violent
- wavering
- weak
- wild
- wobbly
Definition of white bread
Origin :- c.1300, as opposed to darker whole-grain type; its popularity among middle-class America led to the slang sense of "conventional, bourgeois" (c.1980).
- As in ordinary : adj average; not distinctive
- As in plain : adj normal, everyday
- As in tame : adj dull, uninteresting
- As in usual : adj common, typical
- As in rightist : adj conservative
- As in traditionalist : adj conservative
- As in traditionalistic : adj conservative
- As in conservative : adj cautious, moderate, tending to preserve the status quo
- As in humdrum : adj boring, uneventful
- The day after they are hatched, give them some crumbs of white bread or grots soaked in milk, which are very nourishing.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- I mentioned the matter to the steward, asking if he could not have the white bread.
- Extract from : « The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences » by Hosea Quinby
- So the little boy and his mother had plenty of white bread to eat.
- Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
- The sight of that man, so calm, breaking bits of white bread, exasperated me.
- Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
- I think you're cosseting me up altogether and I don't like the white bread so well!
- Extract from : « Hortus Inclusus » by John Ruskin
- Weight for weight, white bread is more nutritious than brown.
- Extract from : « A Handbook of Health » by Woods Hutchinson
- How does graham bread compare in digestibility with white bread?
- Extract from : « Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value » by Harry Snyder
- To the end, I was able to get white bread and fresh meat for him—for him alone, of course.
- Extract from : « Short Stories of Various Types » by Various
- Spread on white bread, with a lettuce leaf in each sandwich.
- Extract from : « The Community Cook Book » by Anonymous
- You are not to partake of whole milk, cream, or white bread.
- Extract from : « The Art of Stage Dancing » by Ned Wayburn
Synonyms for white bread
- accepted
- accustomed
- arid
- average
- banausic
- blah
- bland
- bloodless
- boiled down
- boring
- bourgeois
- bromidic
- characterless
- chronic
- common
- commonplace
- constant
- controlled
- conventional
- current
- customary
- cut-and-dried
- die-hard
- diluted
- dim
- dime a dozen
- drab
- dreary
- dull
- everyday
- expected
- fair
- familiar
- fearful
- feeble
- firm
- fixed
- flat
- fogyish
- frequent
- fuddy-duddy
- garden
- garden variety
- garden-variety
- general
- generic
- grind
- guarded
- habitual
- halfhearted
- hard hat
- hidebound
- holding to
- homely
- homespun
- household
- humble
- humdrum
- illiberal
- in a rut
- indifferent
- inferior
- inflexible
- insipid
- lifeless
- limp
- lowly
- mainstream
- matter-of-course
- mean
- mediocre
- middle-of-the-road
- mild
- modest
- monotone
- monotonous
- mundane
- natural
- no great shakes
- normal
- not extreme
- obstinate
- old guard
- old line
- ordinary
- orthodox
- pedestrian
- plain
- plastic
- plodding
- prevailing
- prevalent
- prosaic
- prosy
- quiet
- quotidian
- reactionary
- redneck
- regular
- repetitious
- rife
- right
- right of center
- right-wing
- rightist
- routine
- run-of-the-mill
- second-rate
- simple
- so-so
- sober
- spiritless
- stable
- standard
- steady
- stereotyped
- stock
- tedious
- timid
- tiresome
- toneless
- Tory
- traditional
- traditionalist
- traditionalistic
- treadmill
- typic
- unchangeable
- unchanging
- uncreative
- undaring
- undistinguished
- uneventful
- unexceptional
- unexciting
- unimaginative
- uninspired
- uninspiring
- uninteresting
- unmemorable
- unnoteworthy
- unpretentious
- unprogressive
- unremarkable
- unvaried
- usual
- vanilla
- vapid
- weak
- wearisome
- white bread
- white-bread
- without punch
- wonted
- workaday
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