 commonplace |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] obvious and dull | |
| Synonyms: | trivial banal | |
| Examples: | "trivial conversation" "commonplace prose" |
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| Related terms: | ordinary | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a trite or obvious remark | |
| Synonyms: | cliche bromide banality platitude | |
| Related terms: | remark truism | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] completely ordinary and unremarkable | |
| Examples: | "air travel has now become commonplace" "commonplace everyday activities" |
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| Related terms: | ordinary | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] not challenging; dull and lacking excitement | |
| Synonyms: | prosaic unglamorous unglamourous humdrum | |
| Examples: | "an unglamorous job greasing engines" |
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| Related terms: | unexciting | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | |
| Synonyms: | timeworn stock hackneyed trite threadbare tired well-worn shopworn old-hat banal | |
| Examples: | "bromidic sermons" "his remarks were trite and commonplace" "hackneyed phrases" "a stock answer" "repeating threadbare jokes" "parroting some timeworn axiom" "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" |
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| Related terms: | unoriginal | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | |
| Synonyms: | stock trite hackneyed threadbare timeworn well-worn tired shopworn banal | |
| Examples: | "bromidic sermons" "his remarks were trite and commonplace" "hackneyed phrases" "a stock answer" "repeating threadbare jokes" "parroting some timeworn axiom" "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" |
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| Related terms: | unoriginal | |
| Similar spelling: |
common_viper common_fennel common_pea common_hop common_pepper common_plum common_hops common_fate common_beet common_bean common_beech common_person common_people common_factor common_basil |
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