YAWNER Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

yawner

noun

ˈyȯ-nər

Definition of yawner next

as in bore

someone or something boring even die-hard opera fans are finding this production to be a real yawner

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Recent Examples of yawner Will Alabama turn the SEC race into a yawner? —

Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022 The Browns make this one a yawner. —

Dan Labbe, cleveland, 29 Nov. 2020 Heading into the final, the Wolverines threatened to make a yawner out of what would prove to be their first title since 1989. —

Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019 Psychologists have claimed that contagious yawning is linked to empathy in humans—those who yawn back are thought to be empathizing with the initial yawner’s feelings of boredom, fatigue or stress. —

Erica Tennenhouse, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2018 See All Example Sentences for yawner

Recent Examples of Synonyms for yawner

bore
yawn

Noun

This method bore fruit, with a close relative of the DNA identified in 2025.

— Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
As the North bore down on Saigon, Thieu begged for American financial support, but Congress was in no mood to pour more millions into the black hole of Southeast Asia.

— Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026