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overused
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| 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: | stock |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commonplace |
| Synonyms: | banal, basic, common, conventional, customary, dull, established, formal, hackneyed, normal, ordinary, overused, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill, set, standard, staple, stereotyped, traditional, trite, typical, usual, worn-out |
| Antonyms: | different, original, unusual |
| Main Entry: | threadbare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trite, corny |
| Synonyms: | banal, bathetic, cliché, cliché-ridden, clichéd, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, everyday, familiar, hackneyed, imitative, moth-eaten, musty, overused, poor, set, stale, stereotyped, stock, tedious, tired, uncreative, well-worn, worn-out |
| Antonyms: | fresh, unused, unworn |
| Main Entry: | worn/worn-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used, tired |
| Synonyms: | beat, burned out, bushed, busted, clichéd, consumed, depleted, destroyed, deteriorated, drained, drawn, effete, exhausted, fatigued, frayed, gone, hackneyed, had it, haggard, jaded, kaput, knocked out, old, out of gas, overused, overworked, pinched, played out, pooped, ragged, ruined, shabby, shot, spent, stale, tattered, the worse for wear, threadbare, timeworn, tired out, totaled, used up, useless, wearied, weary, well-worn, wiped out, worn down, wrung out |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, unused |
| Main Entry: | worn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used |
| Synonyms: | beat, burned out, bushed, busted, clichéd, consumed, depleted, destroyed, deteriorated, dinged, drained, drawn, effete, exhausted, fatigued, frayed, gone, hackneyed, had it, haggard, jaded, kaput, knocked out, old, overused, overworked, pegged out, pinched, played-out, pooped, ragged, ruined, shabby, shot, spent, stale, tattered, threadbare, timeworn, tired, tired out, totaled, used up, useless, wearied, weary, well-worn, wiped out, worn-down, worn-out, wrung out |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, unused |
| Main Entry: | worn-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhausted |
| Synonyms: | decrepit, depleted, destroyed, deteriorated, drained, effete, etiolated, frayed, hackneyed, impaired, overused, passe, sere, shabby, shot, spent, stale, tattered, threadbare, tired, trite, used, useless |
| Antonyms: | fresh, unused |
| Main Entry: | bromidic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trite |
| Synonyms: | banal, clichéd, commonplace, dull, hackneyed, overused, platitudinal, platitudinous, prosaic, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, unimaginative, unoriginal, warmed-over, well-worn, worn-out |
| Main Entry: | clichéd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trite |
| Synonyms: | banal, bromidic, commonplace, corny, hackneyed, overused, passé, platitudinal, platitudinous, routine, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, stock, timeworn, tired, unimaginative, unoriginal, well-worn, worn-out |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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