Overview of noun commonplace

The noun commonplace has 1 sense

• platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide -- (a trite or obvious remark)

Overview of adj commonplace

The adj commonplace has 3 senses

• commonplace -- (completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities")


• commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous -- (not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines")


• banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, 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'")