Textual thesaurus for "commonplace"

(adj) unglamorous, unglamourous, prosaic, humdrum

not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

an unglamorous job greasing engines

(adj) trite, timeworn, tired, stock, threadbare, old-hat, hackneyed, banal, shopworn, well-worn

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) cliche, bromide, platitude, banality

a trite or obvious remark