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| Main Entry: | |
| 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conventional, corny*, everyday, familiar tune, hokey, moth-eaten, obsolete, old, old-chestnut, old-hat, old-saw, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, overworked, pedestrian*, played-out, quotidian, run-of-the-mill, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tripe, trite, unoriginal,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: | ordinary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average; not distinctive |
| Synonyms: | characterless, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, fair, familiar, garden variety, garden*, generic, habitual, homespun, household, humble, indifferent, inferior, mean, mediocre, modest, no great shakes, normal, pedestrian, plain, plastic, prosaic, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, simple, so-so, stereotyped, undistinguished, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspired, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unpretentious, unremarkable, usual, vanilla, white-bread, workaday |
| Antonyms: | different, distinctive, remarkable, special |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perfunctory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | automatic, unthinking |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, careless, cool, cursory, disinterested, going through the motions, heedless, impersonal, inattentive, indifferent, involuntary, lackadaisical, laid-back*, mechanical, negligent, offhand, phoning it in, routine, sketchy, slipshod, slovenly, standard, stereotyped, stock, superficial, unaware, unconcerned, uninterested, usual, walking through it, wooden |
| Notes: | perfunctory is from Latin per- 'through' and fungi 'discharge; perform' meaning 'getting through the doing'; to do something carelessly is to perfunctorize or perfuncturate |
| Antonyms: | careful, precise, thoughtful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stale |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overused, out-of-date |
| Synonyms: | antiquated, banal, bent, cliché, cliché-ridden, clichéd, common, commonplace, corny*, dead, drab, dull, dusty, effete, flat, fusty, hackneyed, insipid, like a dinosaur, mawkish, moth-eaten, out*, passé, past, platitudinous, repetitious, shopworn, stereotyped, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, worn-out, yesterday's, zestless |
| Antonyms: | current, fresh, new, underused |
* = 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: | 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: | 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 |
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