nnoun.communicationa trite or obvious remarkSynset:banality bromide cliche platitude
Derivationally Related Form:commonplacebanalplatitudinous
Hypernyms:comment input remark truism
Inherited Hypernyms:platituderemarkstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:platitudetruismtruthstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
adj satadj.allcompletely ordinary and unremarkableExamples:- air travel has now become commonplace
- commonplace everyday activities
Antonyms:extraordinary
Derivationally Related Form:commonplaceness
Inherited Hypernyms:commonplace
Similar to:ordinary
adj satadj.allnot challenging; dull and lacking excitementSynset:humdrum prosaic unglamorous unglamourous
Examples:- an unglamorous job greasing engines
Antonyms:exciting
Derivationally Related Form:proseprosaicness
Inherited Hypernyms:commonplace
Similar to:unexciting
adj satadj.allrepeated too often; overfamiliar through overuseSynset:banal hackneyed old-hat shopworn stock threadbare timeworn tired trite well-worn
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'
Antonyms:original
Derivationally Related Form:commonplacebanalitytriteness
Inherited Hypernyms:banal
Similar to:unoriginal