Synonyms for shop-worn
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Worn — not fresh or new. Of an idea, a piece or writing, etc., repeated so often as to have become uninteresting…
worn, shop-soiled, well-worn, tired, threadbare, time-worn, old-hat, commonplace, stock, dog-eared, hackneyed, trite, overworked, stale, overused, corny, banal, warmed-over, unoriginal, bromidic
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not fresh or new. Of an idea, a piece or writing, etc.: repeated so often as to have become uninteresting; clichéd, overused, tired.
Related words
- Other spellings
- shopworn
Example sentences
- worn I'm getting pretty worn out driving every morning.
- threadbare The towels seem new enough, if slightly threadbare.
By length
- 4 letters
- worn1
- 5 letters
- stock1, tired2, stale1, corny2, banal2, trite1
- 8 letters
- overused3, bromidic
- 9 letters
- hackneyed2
- 10 letters
- overworked3, unoriginal, threadbare2
- 11 letters
- commonplace3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tired2 = 2 syllables).