repetitive

/rɪˈpɛɾəɾɪv/

/rəˈpɛtətɪv/

Something that is repetitive involves doing the same thing over and over again. If you get bored running on a treadmill daily, you might try something less repetitive, like playing soccer outdoors.

Anything you do repeatedly, especially when it's boring, can be described using the adjective repetitive. Jobs like loading and unloading a dishwasher, filing papers, and cleaning a bathroom can all feel repetitive when you have to do them regularly. A story your dad tells every time you have guests for dinner is repetitive, and a droning song that repeats the same chorus again and again is repetitive too.

Definitions of repetitive

1. adjective

   repetitive and persistent
   synonyms: insistent

   continual

   occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series
2. adjective

   characterized by repetition
   “repetitive movement”

   synonyms: repetitious

   iterative, reiterative

   marked by iteration

   antonyms:

   nonrepetitive

   marked by the absence of repetition