Commonplace Definition & Meaning

commonplace
adjective
  1. completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"
  2. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
  3. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
noun
  1. a trite or obvious remark

Synonyms for commonplace

banal adj

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace

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banality noun

a trite or obvious remark

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bromide noun

any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs a trite or

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cliche noun

a trite or obvious remark

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hackneyed adj

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace

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humdrum adj

not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

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ordinary adj

not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects

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platitude noun

a trite or obvious remark

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prosaic adj

not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones

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shopworn adj

worn or faded from being on display in a store; "shopworn merchandise at half price" repeated too often

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"Commonplace" in song lyrics

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  • "And termite swarms are commonplace"
    Aesop Rock — Same Space
  • "What if she tried to get her face erased like it was commonplace"
    Public Enemy — Plastic Nation
  • "the art of the commonplace"
    AOL — AOL

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What does commonplace mean?
completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities" not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines" repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" a trite or obvious remark
What part of speech is commonplace?
Commonplace is an adjective and a noun.
How many definitions does commonplace have?
Commonplace has 4 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).

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