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Synonyms for commonplace
ˈkɒm ənˌpleɪscom·mon·place
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
commonplace
Common signifies frequently occurring, not out of the regular course, not exceptional; hence, not above the average, not excellent or distinguished, inferior, or even low; common also signifies pertaining to or participated in by two or more persons or things; as, sorrow is common to the race. General may signify pertaining equally to all of a class, race, etc., but very commonly signifies pertaining to the greater number, but not necessarily to all. Universal applies to all without exception; general applies to all with possible or comparatively slight exceptions; common applies to very many without deciding whether they are even a majority. A common remark is one we often hear; a general experience is one that comes to the majority of people; a universal experience is one from which no human being is exempt. It is dangerous for a debater to affirm a universal proposition, since that can be negatived by a single exception, while a general statement is not invalidated even by adducing many exceptions. We say a common opinion, common experience, a general rule, general truth, a universal law. Compare synonyms for NORMAL; USUAL.
Synonyms:
common, customary, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, normal, ordinary, popular, prevalent, public, universal, usualAntonyms:
exceptional, infrequent, rare, singular, uncommon, unknown, unusual
Princeton's WordNet
platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromideadjective
a trite or obvious remark
Synonyms:
banality, bromide, cliche, platitudeAntonyms:
extraordinary, original, excitingcommonplaceadjective
completely ordinary and unremarkable
"air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"
Synonyms:
tired, well-worn, hackneyed, stock(a), prosaic, unglamorous, threadbare, unglamourous, humdrum, trite, shopworn, old-hat, banal, timewornAntonyms:
original, extraordinary, excitingcommonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourousadjective
not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
"an unglamorous job greasing engines"
Synonyms:
shopworn, prosaic, monotonous, trite, humdrum, old-hat, unglamorous, earthbound, threadbare, tired, timeworn, stock(a), matter-of-fact, hackneyed, well-worn, banal, prosy, pedestrian, unglamourousAntonyms:
extraordinary, original, excitingbanal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-wornadjective
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:
extraordinary, original, exciting
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#162 | public | |
#191 | general | |
#675 | popular | |
#736 | common | |
#1458 | normal | |
#2156 | universal | |
#4152 | usual | |
#4263 | familiar | |
#4394 | everyday | |
#4690 | ordinary | |
#5269 | routine | |
#5678 | tired | |
#5997 | frequent | |
#8689 | widespread | |
#12556 | trivial | |
#12738 | pedestrian | |
#17672 | prevalent | |
#18078 | customary | |
#24522 | mundane | |
#27935 | commonplace | |
#28515 | bromide | |
#30729 | habitual | |
#33009 | rife | |
#37906 | cliche | |
#48293 | monotonous | |
#54520 | trite | |
#57722 | banal | |
#71325 | earthbound | |
#81963 | prosaic | |
#86532 | banality | |
#88590 | truism | |
#100104 | humdrum | |
#100279 | threadbare | |
#101506 | hackneyed | |
#182124 | platitude | |
#186306 | unglamorous | |
#231643 | shopworn | |
#276807 | timeworn |
How to use commonplace in a sentence?
Female politicians in Japan must battle against the commonplace view that politics belongs to men, they also face barriers when it comes to juggling family and political life.
This is a man-made disaster, southern California is an arid part of the world where droughts -- even severe droughts -- are commonplace, and knowing this, you’d think the government of California would have included this mathematical certainty in its disaster preparedness planning, but the government has done nothing, not even store rain, as the population has continued to grow.
Beards have become more commonplace and accepted in our society, even in professional settings, the public has had a positive reception to our deputies’ beards. I’ve even received positive comments myself, so I will be participating along with many deputies, and it’s all for great causes.
Society is a more level surface than we imagine. Wise men or absolute fools are hard to be met with, as there are few giants or dwarfs. The heaviest charge we can bring against the general texture of society is that it is commonplace. Our fancied superiority to others is in some one thing which we think most of because we excel in it, or have paid most attention to it; whilst we overlook their superiority to us in something else which they set equal and exclusive store by.
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved...the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.
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- обикновен, всекидневенBulgarian
- gang und gäbe, banal, alltäglich, GemeinplatzGerman
- lugar comúnSpanish
- latteus, klisee, tavanomainen, tavallinenFinnish
- banal, ordinaire, lieu communFrench
- közönséges, közhely, mindennaposHungarian
- banale, luogo comune, ordinario, fatto normaleItalian
- 月並み, ありふれた, 平凡Japanese
- 평범한Korean
- frazes, powszechny, pospolityPolish
- lugar-comumPortuguese
- обычный, обыденный, обыкновенный, банальныйRussian
- olağan, sıradan, basmakalıp, alelâdeTurkish
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