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COMMONPLACE
commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous
(adjective) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; âan unglamorous job greasing enginesâ
commonplace
(adjective) completely ordinary and unremarkable; âair travel has now become commonplaceâ; âcommonplace everyday activitiesâ
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
(adjective) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; âbromidic sermonsâ; âhis remarks were trite and commonplaceâ; âhackneyed phrasesâ; âa stock answerâ; ârepeating threadbare jokesâ; âparroting some timeworn axiomâ; âthe trite metaphor âhard as nailsââ
platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide
(noun) a trite or obvious remark
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
commonplace (comparative more commonplace, superlative most commonplace)
Ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.
Synonyms: routine, undistinguished, unexceptional, Thesaurus:hackneyed
Antonyms: distinguished, inimitable, unique
Noun
commonplace (plural commonplaces)
A platitude or cliché.
Something that is ordinary; something commonly done or occurring.
A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.
A commonplace book.
Verb
commonplace (third-person singular simple present commonplaces, present participle commonplacing, simple past and past participle commonplaced)
To make a commonplace book.
To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.
(obsolete) To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.
Source: Wiktionary
Com"mon*place`, a.
Definition: Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation.
Com"mon*place`, n.
1. An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.
2. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to. Whatever, in my reading, occurs concerning this our fellow creature, I do never fail to set it down by way of commonplace. Swift. Commonplace book, a book in which records are made of things to be remembered.
Com"mon*place`, v. t.
Definition: To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads. Felton.
Com"mon*place`, v. i.
Definition: To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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