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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | servile |
| Synonyms: | abject, bond, dependent, groveling, hard, imitative, menial, obsequious, oppressive, submissive, subservient, uninspired, unoriginal |
| Antonyms: | assertive, independent |
| 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: | derivational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | derivative |
| Synonyms: | borrowed, copied, derived, imitative, unoriginal |
| Main Entry: | derived |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | derivative |
| Synonyms: | borrowed, copied, derivational, imitative, unoriginal |
| Main Entry: | formulaic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ordinary |
| Synonyms: | average, common, commonplace, conventional, customary, cut-and-dried, everyday, garden-variety, imitative, mechanical, normal, plain, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, stock, undistinguished, unexceptional, unoriginal, unremarkable, usual |
| Main Entry: | olden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old |
| Synonyms: | aboriginal, age-old, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, cast-off, crumbling, dated, decayed, demode, done, early, erstwhile, former, hackneyed*, hoary, immemorial, late, moth-eaten, of old, of yore, old as Methuselah, old as the hills, old-fashioned, old-time, oldfangled, once, onetime, original, out-of-date, outmoded, passé, past, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, quondam, relic, remote, rusty, sometime, stale, superannuated, time-worn, timeworn, traditional, unfashionable, unoriginal, venerable, worn-out |
* = 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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