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stereotypes - 11 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | stereotype |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea held as standard, example |
| Synonyms: | average, convention, custom, fashion, formula, institution, mold, pattern, boilerplate, received idea |
| Antonyms: | difference |
| Main Entry: | stereotype |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | categorize as being example, standard |
| Synonyms: | catalogue, define, dub, institutionalize, pigeonhole*, regulate, standardize, systematize, conventionalize, methodize, normalize, take to be, typecast |
| Antonyms: | differentiate, dissimilate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cliché |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overused, hackneyed phrase |
| Synonyms: | adage, banality, bromide, buzzword, commonplace, motto, platitude, proverb, rubber stamp*, saying, shibboleth, slogan, stereotype, truism, boiler plate, chestnut*, corn*, counterword, familiar tune, old story, potboiler, prosaism, stale saying, threadbare phrase, trite remark, triteness, triviality, vapid expression |
| Antonyms: | coinage, nuance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commonplace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clichéd saying or idea |
| Synonyms: | banality, bromide*, cliché, inanity, motto, platitude, prose, rubber stamp*, shibboleth, stereotype, tag, chestnut*, corn*, prosaicism, prosaism, shallowness, triteness, triviality truism |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | example |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instance, model |
| Synonyms: | archetype, case, case history, case in point, citation, copy, excuse, exemplar, ideal, illustration, lesson, object, original, paradigm, paragon, part, pattern, precedent, prototype, quotation, representation, sample, specimen, standard, stereotype, symbol, exemplification, for instance, kind of thing, sampling |
| Main Entry: | formality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | convention, custom |
| Synonyms: | ceremony, form, gesture, liturgy, procedure, red tape*, rite, ritual, rule, service, solemnity, stereotype, tradition, academism, convenance, conventionality, matter of form, officialism, rituality, rubric, solemnness |
| Antonyms: | informality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | platitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dull, overused saying |
| Synonyms: | banality, bromide*, buzzword, cliché, commonplace, evenness, inanity, monotony, motto, proverb, shibboleth, stereotype, tag*, truism, verbiage, boiler plate, chestnut*, corn*, familiar tune, flatness, hackneyed saying, high camp, hokum, insipidity, old chestnut, old story, potboiler, prosaicism, saw, trite remark, triteness, triviality, vapidity |
| Antonyms: | coinage, nuance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reproduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make more copies of |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, carbon*, clone, copy, dupe*, duplicate, echo, emulate, engross, follow, imitate, knock off, manifold, match, mirror, parallel, photocopy, photograph, pirate, portray, print, recount, redo, reflect, repeat, represent, revive, stereotype, transcribe, type, do again, mimeo, mimeograph, photostat, reawaken, recreate, reduplicate, reenact, relive, remake, replicate, reprint, restamp |
| Antonyms: | abort, destroy, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ritual |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ceremony, tradition |
| Synonyms: | act, ceremonial, communion, convention, custom, form, formality, habit, liturgy, observance, ordinance, practice, prescription, procedure, protocol, red tape*, rite, routine, sacrament, service, solemnity, stereotype, usage |
| Notes: | a rite is an established form of religious or otherwise solemn practice; a ritual is a prescribed form for carrying out the ceremonies associated with such a practice (both from Latin ritus 'ceremony') |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | standardize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make regular, similar |
| Synonyms: | assimilate, institute, institutionalize, order, regiment, stereotype, systematize, bring into line, homogenize, mass produce, normalize |
| Antonyms: | change, differ, differentiate, vary, waver |
| Main Entry: | type |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | classify |
| Synonyms: | arrange, categorize, class, peg, pigeonhole*, put away, sort, standardize, stereotype, tab*, button down, put down as, typecast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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