1. (

• platitude ,
• cliche ,
• banality ,
• commonplace ,
• bromide

) a trite or obvious remark ;

1. (

• commonplace ,

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

2. (

• commonplace ,
• humdrum ,
• prosaic ,
• unglamorous ,
• unglamourous

) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines" ;

3. (

• 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'" ;