" commonplace "

1: being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events;

  * e.g., " ... a commonplace occurrence "

•  Synonyms : 

•  average,

•  common,

•  cut-and-dried,

•  everyday,

•  garden-variety,

•  normal,

•  ordinary,

•  prosaic,

•  routine,

•  run-of-the-mill,

•  standard,

•  standard-issue,

•  unexceptional,

•  unremarkable,

•  usual,

•  workaday

•  Antonyms : 

•  abnormal,

•  exceptional,

•  extraordinary,

•  odd,

•  out-of-the-way,

•  strange,

•  unusual

2: often observed or encountered;

  * e.g., " ... the large corporate mergers that have become commonplace "

•  Synonyms : 

•  common,

•  common or garden,

•  everyday,

•  familiar,

•  frequent,

•  garden-variety,

•  household,

•  ordinary,

•  quotidian,

•  routine,

•  ubiquitous,

•  usual

•  Antonyms : 

•  extraordinary,

•  infrequent,

•  rare,

•  seldom,

•  uncommon,

•  unfamiliar,

•  unusual

3: used or heard so often as to be dull;

  * e.g., " ... a thriller that uses the commonplace plot twist of the evil twin "

•  Synonyms : 

•  banal,

•  cliché,

•  clichéd,

•  cobwebby,

•  hack,

•  hackney,

•  hackneyed,

•  moth-eaten,

•  musty,

•  obligatory,

•  shopworn,

•  stale,

•  stereotyped,

•  threadbare,

•  timeworn,

•  tired,

•  trite,

•  well-worn

•  Antonyms : 

•  fresh,

•  new,

•  novel,

•  original,

•  unclichéd,

•  unhackneyed

1: an idea or expression that has been used by many people;

  * e.g., " ... the familiar summertime commonplace that It's not the heat, it's the humidity "

•  Synonyms : 

•  banality,

•  bromide,

•  chestnut,

•  cliché,

•  groaner,

•  homily,

•  platitude,

•  shibboleth,

•  trope,

•  truism

•  Antonyms : 

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