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commonplace

/ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs/noun, adjective3 syllables

Commonplace means: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.

Synonyms for commonplace29

noun, as in a trite or obvious remark

platitude, cliche, banality, bromide

adjective, as in repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

banal, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn, unoriginal

adjective, as in not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous, unexciting

adjective, as in completely ordinary and unremarkable

also used for commonplace

routine, undistinguished, unexceptional, quotidian, bathetic, bromidic, cheesy, clichéd

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What does commonplace mean?4

adjective

1

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse“his remarks were trite and commonplace”

2

not challenging; dull and lacking excitement“an unglamorous job greasing engines”

3

completely ordinary and unremarkable“air travel has now become commonplace”

noun

1

a trite or obvious remark

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Commonplace in a sentence

  • In my grandmother's lifetime, both telephones and computers have become commonplace.voxbubnya
  • As is commonplace with young people, he doesn't care about money.DJ_Saidez
  • Behind the meetinghouse is a row of horse sheds, once commonplace but now rare.CM
  • The design is poor, commonplace, tasteless, characterless, and the execution is like thereunto.adamtrousers
  • Space travel will be commonplace some time in the future.CK
  • No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace.Hybrid
  • Rice and noodles are commonplace in Chinese cuisine.DJ_Saidez
  • Mass shootings in the United States have become commonplace.Adelpa

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of commonplace

as a noun

plural
commonplaces