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commonplace noun
commonplace adjective
Meaning : Completely ordinary and unremarkable.
Example :
Air travel has now become commonplace.
Commonplace everyday activities.
Meaning : Not challenging. Dull and lacking excitement.
Example :
An unglamorous job greasing engines.
Synonyms : humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous
Meaning : Repeated too often. Overfamiliar through overuse.
Example :
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
