English to English
adjective
- Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- a trite or obvious remark
source: WordNet 3.0
- An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- completely ordinary and unremarkable
Air travel has now become commonplace.
Commonplace everyday activities.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
An unglamorous job greasing engines.
source: WordNet 3.0
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Bromidic sermons.
His remarks were trite and commonplace.
Hackneyed phrases.
A stock answer.
Repeating threadbare jokes.
Parroting some timeworn axiom.
The trite metaphor `hard as nails'.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.
source: Webster 1913
- To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.
source: Webster 1913
