| 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
|
* = informal/non-formal usage
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