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platitude

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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: banality
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: common saying

Synonyms:

adage, boiler, buzzword, chestnut, cliché, corn, dullsville, familiar tune, high camp, hokum, old chestnut, old saw, plate, platitude, prosaicism, prosaism, saw, trite phrase, trivia, triviality, truism

Antonyms:

coinage, nuance, original saying
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: maxim
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: saying

Synonyms:

adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, belief, brocard, byword, canon, commonplace, device, dictum, epithet, formula, law, moral, motto, platitude, precept, prescript, proverb, rule, saw, tenet, theorem, truism
Main Entry: proverb
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: saying referring to common fact, knowledge

Synonyms:

adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, byword, catch phrase, daffodil, dictum, epigram, folk wisdom, gnome, maxim, moral, motto, platitude, precept, repartee, saw, text, truism, witticism, word
Main Entry: conventional wisdom
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: popular notion

Synonyms:

commonplace, lieu commun, locus communis, platitude, truism
Main Entry: truism
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: self-evident truth

Synonyms:

adage, aphorism, axiom, cliche, maxim, motto, platitude, proverb, saying
Main Entry: saw
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: proverb

Synonyms:

adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, byword, catch phrase, daffodil, dictum, epigram, folk wisdom, gnome, maxim, moral, motto, platitude, precept, repartee, saying, text, truism, witticism, word*
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