Hackneyed synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
Worn out by constant use; no longer having freshness, originality, or novelty; stale
Having no special quality; ordinary:
A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
Showing the effects of worry or anxiety
Being subjected to too much work
common (related)
Most widely known; ordinary:
dull (related)
Not active or busy; slack
Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite:
The definition of commonplace is ordinary or normal.
Appropriate for ordinary days or routine occasions:
Out of date; not the latest one.
Not in fashion; unfashionable:
Having lost freshness; made musty, dry, bad, etc. by having been kept too long
Lacking originality, creativity, or individuality.
The definition of tired is being bored with something, or something that has become stale or being fatigued and in need of rest.
Uninteresting; lifeless; dull; boring
fresh (antonym)
The definition of fresh is something recently harvested, recently produced or newly made.
original (antonym)
(Comparable) Fresh, different.
uncommon (antonym)
Strange; remarkable; extraordinary
new (antonym)
Having been made or come into being only a short time ago; recent:
clichéd
Without freshness or appeal because of overuse
The definition of musty is having a moldy, stale or damp smell.
Without freshness or appeal because of overuse
Characterised by cliches or platitudes.
Worn-out, as from overuse; trite:
Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a stereotype; stereotypical
Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional
Wearing old, worn clothes; shabby
Hackneyed; trite
Not new, fresh, or spontaneous; stale.
Overused; trite
excite (related)
Without freshness or appeal because of overuse
usual (related)
Most commonly occurring
Trite from overuse; overly familiar:
(Finance) Relating to stock or a stock company
cliched (related)
puerile (related)
formulaic (related)
melodramatic (related)
pretentious (related)
vacuous (related)
nonsensical (related)
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