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English adjective: commonplace | |||
| 1. | commonplace completely ordinary and unremarkable | ||
| Samples | Air travel has now become commonplace. Commonplace everyday activities. | ||
| Similar | ordinary | ||
| Antonyms | extraordinary | ||
| 2. | commonplace not challenging; dull and lacking excitement | ||
| Samples | An unglamorous job greasing engines. | ||
| Synonyms | humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous | ||
| Similar | unexciting | ||
| Antonyms | exciting | ||
| 3. | commonplace repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | ||
| Samples | 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'. | ||
| Synonyms | banal, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn | ||
| Similar | unoriginal | ||
| Antonyms | original | ||
English noun: commonplace | |||
| 1. | commonplace (communication) a trite or obvious remark | ||
| Synonyms | banality, bromide, cliche, platitude | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | comment, input, remark, truism | ||
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