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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corny |
| Synonyms: | banal, commonplace, dull*, feeble, hackneyed, mawkish, old hat, old-fashioned, sentimental, shopworn, stale, trite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hackneyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clichéd, tired |
| Synonyms: | antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, conventional, corny*, everyday, familiar tune, hokey, moth-eaten, obsolete, old, old-chestnut, old-hat, old-saw, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, overworked, pedestrian*, played-out, quotidian, run-of-the-mill, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tripe, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, worn-out |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, original, uncommon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | melodramatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant in speech, behavior |
| Synonyms: | artificial, blood-and-thunder, cliff-hanging, cloak-and-dagger, exaggerated, ham, hammy, histrionic, hokey, overdramatic, overemotional, sensational, spectacular, stagy, theatrical |
| Antonyms: | calm, normal, untheatrical |
| Main Entry: | mock |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | artificial, fake |
| Synonyms: | apish, bogus*, counterfeit, dummy, ersatz*, faked, false, feigned, forged, fraudulent, hokey, imitation, imitative, make-believe, mimic, phony, pretended, pseudo*, put-on, quasi, sham*, simulated, so-called, spurious, substitute, unreal |
| Antonyms: | authentic, genuine, real |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | synthetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | artificial |
| Synonyms: | constructed, counterfeit, ersatz*, fabricated, factitious, fake, false, hokey, made, makeshift, manufactured, mock, phony, plastic, unnatural |
| Antonyms: | genuine, natural, real |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly, commonplace |
| Synonyms: | banal, bathetic, bromidic, chain, cliché, clichéd, common, cornball, corny*, drained, dull, exhausted, familiar tune, flat, hackneyed, hokey, jejune, mildewed, moth-eaten, musty, old hat, ordinary, pedestrian, platitudinous, prosaic, ready-made, routine, run-of-the-mill, set, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, uninspired, unoriginal, used-up, vapid, warmed-over, well-worn, worn, worn-out |
| Antonyms: | desirable, important, impressive, original, pertinent, relevant, uncommon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overused |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trite |
| Synonyms: | banal, bathetic, bromidic, chain, cliched, cliché, clichéd, common, commonplace, cornball, corny*, drained, dull, exhausted, familiar tune, flat*, hackneyed*, hokey, jejune, mildewed, moth-eaten, musty, old hat, ordinary, overworked, pedestrian, platitudinal, platitudinous, prosaic, ready-made, routine, run-of-the-mill, set, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, uninspired, unoriginal, used-up, vapid, warmed-over, well-worn, worn, worn-out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | platitudinal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trite |
| Synonyms: | banal, bathetic, bromidic, chain, cliched, cliché, clichéd, common, commonplace, cornball, corny*, drained, dull, exhausted, familiar tune, flat*, hackneyed*, hokey, jejune, mildewed, moth-eaten, musty, old hat, ordinary, overused, overworked, pedestrian, platitudinous, prosaic, ready-made, routine, run-of-the-mill, set, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, uninspired, unoriginal, used-up, vapid, warmed-over, well-worn, worn, worn-out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | platitudinous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trite |
| Synonyms: | banal, bathetic, bromidic, chain, cliched, cliché, clichéd, common, commonplace, cornball, corny*, drained, dull, exhausted, familiar tune, flat*, hackneyed*, hokey, jejune, mildewed, moth-eaten, musty, old hat, ordinary, overused, overworked, pedestrian, platitudinal, prosaic, ready-made, routine, run-of-the-mill, set, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, uninspired, unoriginal, used-up, vapid, warmed-over, well-worn, worn, worn-out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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