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| Main Entry: | banal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commonplace |
| Synonyms: | blah*, bland, common, conventional, corny, dumb, everyday, flat, hackneyed, hokey*, humdrum*, insipid, mundane, nothing, old hat, ordinary, pabulum*, pedestrian, square, stale, stereotyped, stock, stupid, tired, tripe, trite, unimaginative, unoriginal, vapid, watery, wishy-washy*, zero*, bromidic, clichéd, cornball, cornfed, dull as dishwater, ho hum, noplace, nowhere, platitudinous |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | derivative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | borrowed, transmitted from source |
| Synonyms: | acquired, ancestral, cognate, copied, hereditary, imitative, inferential, secondary, secondhand, subordinate, unoriginal, caused, coming from, connate, evolved, inferred, not original, obtained, plagiaristic, plagiarized, procured, rehashed, uninventive |
| Antonyms: | inventive, original, unique, unborrowed |
| Main Entry: | hackneyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clichéd, tired |
| Synonyms: | antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, conventional, corny*, everyday, hokey*, moth-eaten*, obsolete, old, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, overworked, pedestrian*, quotidian, run-of-the-mill*, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare*, timeworn, tripe, trite, unoriginal, worn-out*, familiar tune, old-chestnut, old-hat, old-saw, played-out, well-worn |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, original, uncommon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stereotyped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | standard, conventional |
| Synonyms: | banal, commonplace, corny*, dull, hackneyed, ordinary, stale, standardized, stock, threadbare*, tired*, trite, unoriginal, worn-out, cliché-ridden, clichéd, mass-produced, overused, platitudinous, played out, well-worn, worn thin |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar, unconventional, unlike |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly, commonplace |
| Synonyms: | banal, chain, cliché, common, corny*, drained, dull, exhausted, flat, hackneyed, hokey*, jejune, moth-eaten*, musty*, old hat, ordinary, pedestrian, prosaic, ready-made, routine, run-of-the-mill*, set, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, uninspired, unoriginal, vapid, worn, worn-out, bathetic, bromidic, clichéd, cornball, familiar tune, mildewed, platitudinous, used-up, warmed-over, well-worn |
| Antonyms: | desirable, important, impressive, original, pertinent, relevant, uncommon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unimaginative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, predictable |
| Synonyms: | banal, barren, common, commonplace, derivative, dime a dozen, dry, flat, hackneyed, lifeless, matter-of-fact, ordinary, pabulum, pedestrian, prosaic, routine, square*, tame, tedious, trite, uninspired, unoriginal, usual, vanilla*, zero*, bromidic, dull as dishwater, ho hum, uncreative, unromantic, well-worn |
| Antonyms: | creative, imaginative, original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | old |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obsolete, outdated |
| Synonyms: | aboriginal, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, crumbling, dated, decayed, done, early, erstwhile, former, hackneyed*, immemorial, late, moth-eaten*, old-fashioned, old-time, once, onetime, original, out-of-date, outmoded, passé, past, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, quondam, relic, remote, rusty, sometime, stale, superannuated, traditional, unfashionable, unoriginal, venerable, worn-out, age-old, cast-off, demode, of old, of yore, olden, oldfangled, time-worn |
| Antonyms: | contemporary, current, fresh, late, modern, new, recent, up-to-date |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stale |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overused, out-of-date |
| Synonyms: | antiquated, banal, bent, cliché, cliché-ridden, clichéd, common, commonplace, corny*, dead, drab, dull, dusty, effete, flat, fusty, hackneyed, insipid, like a dinosaur, mawkish, moth-eaten*, out*, passé, past, platitudinous, repetitious, shopworn, stereotyped, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, worn-out, yesterday's, zestless |
| Antonyms: | current, fresh, new, underused |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ready-made |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | trite |
| Synonyms: | common, commonplace, conventional, dull, routine, stock, uninspired, unoriginal, clichéd |
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