Synonyms for hackneyed
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Trite — repeated too often
trite, banal, threadbare, unoriginal, well-worn, commonplace, clichéd, time-worn, stale, tired, corny, common, conventional, stock, old-hat, shop-worn, overworked, warmed-over, bathetic, bromidic, overused, platitudinous
Definitions
- adj. 1
Repeated too often.
The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- common repeated repetitive
- Other spellings
- hackeneyed
Example sentences
- banal When it rains, you get wet. This is a banal truth.
- trite The "twin tiger cubs get separated ..." story felt a bit trite.
- threadbare The towels seem new enough, if slightly threadbare.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| hackneyed | steady | |
| banal | rising | |
| trite | steady | |
| unoriginal | steady | |
| threadbare | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- stock1, tired2, stale1, corny2, banal2, trite1
- 6 letters
- common2
- 8 letters
- overused3, bathetic, bromidic
- 10 letters
- overworked3, unoriginal, threadbare2
- 11 letters
- commonplace3
- 12 letters
- conventional4
- 13 letters
- platitudinous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tired2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- rebattu