vanilla

A sweet, gentle flavor often used in cakes, ice cream, and other desserts.

• I like vanilla ice cream.
• This cake has a strong taste of vanilla.
• Would you prefer chocolate or vanilla?

Common phrases: vanilla ice cream, vanilla flavor, taste of vanilla

A climbing plant whose long seed cases are used to give food a sweet, pleasant smell and taste.

• Vanilla grows in warm countries.
• The farmer grows vanilla for its valuable pods.
• These vanilla plants need support as they climb.

Common phrases: grow vanilla, vanilla plant, vanilla pods, vanilla orchid

In its standard, basic form, without changes or extra features.

• We tested the vanilla version first.
• The website runs on vanilla JavaScript.
• A vanilla installation includes only the standard features.

Similar words: standard, basic, unmodified

Opposites: modified

Common phrases: vanilla version, vanilla software, vanilla installation

Ordinary and safe, with nothing exciting, original, or unusual.

• His ideas were rather vanilla.
• They gave a vanilla performance of the song.
• The design felt too vanilla for such an adventurous brand.

Similar words: bland, unimaginative, conventional

Opposites: original, exciting

Common phrases: vanilla performance, vanilla approach, rather vanilla