1. commonplace - noun
· a trite or obvious remark
Synonym(s): platitude, cliche, banality, bromide
Hypernym(s): remark, comment, input, truism
2. commonplace - adjective
· completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"
3. commonplace - adjective
· not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
Synonym(s): humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous
4. commonplace - adjective
· 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'"
Synonym(s): banal, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
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