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[kom-uhn-pleys] 
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commonplace
[kom-uhn-pleys]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clichéd saying or idea |
| Synonyms: | banality, bromide, chestnut, cliché, corn, inanity, motto, platitude, prosaicism, prosaism, prose, rubber stamp, shallowness, shibboleth, stereotype, tag, triteness, triviality truism |
| Main Entry: | maxim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, belief, brocard, byword, canon, commonplace, device, dictum, epithet, formula, law, moral, motto, platitude, precept, prescript, proverb, rule, saw, tenet, theorem, truism |
| Main Entry: | platitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dull, overused saying |
| Synonyms: | banality, boiler plate, bromide, buzzword, chestnut, cliché, commonplace, corn, evenness, familiar tune, flatness, hackneyed saying, high camp, hokum, inanity, insipidity, monotony, motto, old chestnut, old story, potboiler, prosaicism, proverb, saw, shibboleth, stereotype, tag*, trite remark, triteness, triviality, truism, vapidity, verbiage |
| Antonyms: | coinage, nuance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conventional wisdom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | popular notion |
| Synonyms: | commonplace, lieu commun, locus communis, platitude, truism |
| Main Entry: | bromide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | platitude |
| Synonyms: | banality, cliche, commonplace, compound, saw, sedative, stereotype, trite |
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