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commonplace definition

commonplace


 
  Grep  of  noun  commonplace 
  commonplace 
  commonplace  book 
  commonplaceness 
 
  Overview  of  noun  commonplace 
 
  The  noun  commonplace  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  platitude,  cliche,  banality,  commonplace,  bromide  --  (a  trite  or  obvious  remark) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  commonplace 
 
  The  adj  commonplace  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  banal,  commonplace,  trivial  --  (obvious  and  dull;  "trivial  conversation";  "commonplace  prose") 
  2.  (1)  commonplace  --  (completely  ordinary  and  unremarkable;  "air  travel  has  now  become  commonplace";  "commonplace  everyday  activities") 
  3.  (1)  commonplace,  humdrum,  prosaic,  unglamorous,  unglamourous  --  (not  challenging;  dull  and  lacking  excitement;  "an  unglamorous  job  greasing  engines") 
  4.  banal,  commonplace,  hackneyed,  shopworn,  stock,  threadbare,  timeworn,  tired,  trite,  well-worn  --  (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'") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  commonplace 
 
  4  senses  of  commonplace 
 
  Sense  1 
  banal,  commonplace,  trivial 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  ordinary)  ->  extraordinary 
 
  Sense  2 
  commonplace 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  ordinary)  ->  extraordinary 
 
  Sense  3 
  commonplace,  humdrum,  prosaic,  unglamorous,  unglamourous 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unexciting)  ->  exciting 
 
  Sense  4 
  banal,  commonplace,  hackneyed,  shopworn,  stock(postnominal),  threadbare,  timeworn,  tired,  trite,  well-worn 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unoriginal)  ->  original 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  commonplace 
 
  4  senses  of  commonplace 
 
  Sense  1 
  banal,  commonplace,  trivial 
  =>  ordinary  (vs.  extraordinary) 
 
  Sense  2 
  commonplace 
  =>  ordinary  (vs.  extraordinary) 
 
  Sense  3 
  commonplace,  humdrum,  prosaic,  unglamorous,  unglamourous 
  =>  unexciting  (vs.  exciting) 
 
  Sense  4 
  banal,  commonplace,  hackneyed,  shopworn,  stock(postnominal),  threadbare,  timeworn,  tired,  trite,  well-worn 
  =>  unoriginal  (vs.  original) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  commonplace 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  commonplace 
 
  commonplace  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  commonplace 
  commonplace 
 
  Overview  of  noun  commonplace 
 
  The  noun  commonplace  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  platitude,  cliche,  banality,  commonplace,  bromide  --  (a  trite  or  obvious  remark) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  commonplace 
 
  The  adj  commonplace  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  banal,  commonplace,  trivial  --  (obvious  and  dull;  "trivial  conversation";  "commonplace  prose") 
  2.  (1)  commonplace  --  (completely  ordinary  and  unremarkable;  "air  travel  has  now  become  commonplace";  "commonplace  everyday  activities") 
  3.  (1)  commonplace,  humdrum,  prosaic,  unglamorous,  unglamourous  --  (not  challenging;  dull  and  lacking  excitement;  "an  unglamorous  job  greasing  engines") 
  4.  banal,  commonplace,  hackneyed,  shopworn,  stock,  threadbare,  timeworn,  tired,  trite,  well-worn  --  (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'") 



commonplace definition