| Main Entry: | bromide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | platitude |
Synonyms: |
banality, cliche, commonplace, compound, saw, sedative, stereotype, trite |
| Main Entry: | bore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nuisance |
Synonyms: |
bother, bromide, bummer, creep*, deadhead, downer, drag*, drip*, dull person, flat tire, headache, nag, nudge, pain, pain in the neck, pest, pill, soporific, stuffed shirt, tedious person, tiresome person, wet blanket, wimp*, yawn |
| Notes: | a boar is a male pig; a boor is a person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement; a bore is one that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious |
Antonyms: |
charmer, exciter, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | cliché |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overused, hackneyed phrase |
Synonyms: |
adage, banality, boiler plate, bromide, buzzword, chestnut, commonplace, corn, counterword, familiar tune, motto, old story, platitude, potboiler, prosaism, proverb, rubber stamp, saying, shibboleth, slogan, stale saying, stereotype, threadbare phrase, trite remark, triteness, triviality, truism, vapid expression |
Antonyms: |
coinage, nuance |
| Main Entry: | commonplace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clichéd saying or idea |
Synonyms: |
banality, bromide, chestnut, cliché, corn, inanity, motto, platitude, prosaicism, prosaism, prose, rubber stamp, shallowness, shibboleth, stereotype, tag, triteness, triviality truism |
| Main Entry: | platitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dull, overused saying |
Synonyms: |
banality, boiler plate, bromide, buzzword, chestnut, cliché, commonplace, corn, evenness, familiar tune, flatness, hackneyed saying, high camp, hokum, inanity, insipidity, monotony, motto, old chestnut, old story, potboiler, prosaicism, proverb, saw, shibboleth, stereotype, tag*, trite remark, triteness, triviality, truism, vapidity, verbiage |
Antonyms: |
coinage, nuance |
| Main Entry: | sleeping pill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pill to aid sleep |
Synonyms: |
barbiturate, benzodiazepine, bromide, hypnotic, nightcap, sedative, sedative-hypnotic, sleeping tablet, soporific |