English adjective: timeworn | |||
1. | timeworn 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, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, tired, trite, well-worn | ||
Similar | unoriginal | ||
Antonyms | original | ||