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Another word for commonplace

commonplace Synonyms

commonplace

modif.

usual, hackneyed, trite, mundane; see common 1, conventional 1, dull 4. See syn. study at trite.

commonplace Synonyms

commonplace

n.

truism, triteness, platitude; see clichÃ©, motto. See syn. study at clichÃ©.

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Another word for commonplace

adjective

Commonly encountered:
average, common, general, normal, ordinary, typical, usual. See surprise
Being of no special quality or type:
average, common, cut-and-dried, formulaic, garden, garden-variety, indifferent, mediocre, ordinary, plain, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, stock, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable. See good, usual
Without freshness or appeal because of overuse:
banal, bromidic, clichÃ©d, corny, hackneyed, musty, overused, overworked, platitudinal, platitudinous, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, warmed-over, well-worn, worn-out. See excite, usual

noun

A trite expression or idea:
banality, bromide, clichÃ©, platitude, stereotype, truism. See surprise
A regular or customary matter, condition, or course of events:
norm, ordinary, rule, usual. See usual

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They just live their own old, quiet, and commonplace life, thought Natasha.
It became a commonplace to say that he was put to death for an error of judgment.
"Life is remarkably commonplace, if you think about it," I countered.
His work is a kind of commonplace book kept without scientific discrimination.
Proceeding upon such lines as these, the Jews wove together their Midrashic homilies or sermons where, though we may find much that seems commonplace, there are illuminating parables and proverbs, metaphors and similes, the whole affording admirable examples of the contemporary thought and culture, both of the writers and - what is often overlooked - the level of their hearers or readers.

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