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commonplace definition
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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
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