commonplace meaning and definition

COMMONPLACE noun

Definition of commonplace (noun)

1. a trite or obvious remark
   • synonyms: banality, bromide, cliche, platitude

COMMONPLACE adjective

Definition of commonplace (adjective)

1. completely ordinary and unremarkable
   • "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"
2. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
   • "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
   • synonyms: humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous
3. 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'"
   • synonyms: banal, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn