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com·mon·place
 commonplace
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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
unremarkable or ordinary.
She writes about commonplace events but in a style that makes these events fascinating.Sadly, robberies have become commonplace in this neighborhood.- synonyms:
- common, humdrum, mediocre, ordinary, pedestrian, unremarkable, usual
- antonyms:
- exotic, marvelous, phenomenal, rare, recherche, special, uncommon, unusual
- similar words:
- banal, conventional, everyday, mundane, practical, prosaic, routine, simple, undistinguished, unimpressive
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| definition 2: |
trite or unoriginal.
The new manager is a nice guy, but his ideas for the restaurant are commonplace.- synonyms:
- banal, mediocre, ordinary, stock, trite, unoriginal
- antonyms:
- original
- similar words:
- cliché, familiar, hackneyed, pedestrian, stale, tired
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accustomed, common, hack, homely, lackluster, mediocre, mere, moderate, nondescript, ordinary, plain, prevalent, standard, stock, typical, worn |
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a trite or unoriginal saying; platitude.
She's always spouting such commonplaces as "waste not, want not."- synonyms:
- banality, bromide, cliché, platitude
- antonyms:
- profundity
- similar words:
- axiom, truism
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| definition 2: |
something unremarkable or ordinary.
A computer in one's home is a commonplace in the United States today, but it wasn't such for most of the twentieth century.- synonyms:
- banality
- similar words:
- cliche, platitude
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| related words: |
humdrum, phrase, usual |
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| derivation: |
commonplaceness (n.) |
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