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Adjective prosaic has 3 senses
- matter-of-fact, prosaic - not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"
Antonym: rhetorical (indirect, via unrhetorical)
- pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, earthbound - lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"
Antonym: interesting (indirect, via uninteresting)
- commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous - not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
Antonym: exciting (indirect, via unexciting)
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