Synonyms for Commonplace:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • commonplace.
  •average (adjective)
  • mediocre,
  • midmost,
  • stereotype,
  • mezzo,
  • SOSO,
  • moderate,
  • mean,
  • boilerplate,
  • customary,
  • stock,
  • dominant,
  • middle-of-the-road,
  • middling,
  • everyday,
  • mid,
  • nowhere,
  • standard,
  • run-of-the-mill,
  • halfway,
  • predominant,
  • median.
  •boring (adjective)
  • dry,
  • ho hum,
  • Weariful,
  • dragger,
  • depressing,
  • drab,
  • repetitious,
  • well-worn,
  • dreary,
  • unvaried,
  • insipid,
  • monotonous,
  • tiresome,
  • tedious,
  • lifeless,
  • wearisome,
  • prosaic.
  •cheap (adjective)
  • rinky-dink,
  • cruddy,
  • glitzy,
  • rinkydink,
  • rubbishy,
  • two bit,
  • catchpenny,
  • shoddy,
  • no good,
  • junky,
  • no bargain,
  • tawdry,
  • scroungy,
  • small time.
  •common (adjective)
  • in formal,
  • most workaday,
  • most worn out,
  • uni versal,
  • most comformable,
  • more comformable,
  • more workaday,
  • prevailing,
  • pre-vailing,
  • habitual,
  • pre vailing,
  • stocker,
  • in-formal,
  • uni-versal.
  •conventional (adjective)
  • de-mure,
  • straight laced,
  • wellknown,
  • more straightlaced,
  • de mure,
  • more doctrinal,
  • pre dominant,
  • rube,
  • most doctrinal,
  • most ritual,
  • rubest,
  • most tralatitious,
  • more straight laced,
  • narrowminded,
  • more isolationist,
  • more tralatitious,
  • lamest,
  • pre-dominant,
  • narrow minded,
  • buttondown,
  • well known,
  • in flexible,
  • up-tight,
  • in-flexible,
  • up tight,
  • most isolationist,
  • most straight laced,
  • more straight-laced,
  • most straight-laced,
  • obstinate,
  • most straightlaced,
  • more ritual,
  • hidebound.
  •corny (adjective)
  • hokey,
  • oldfashioned,
  • old fashioned.
  •daily (adjective)
  • day by day,
  • diurnal,
  • from day to day,
  • once daily,
  • once a day,
  • circadian,
  • most often.
  •dull (adjective)
  • repetitive,
  • out-of-date,
  • big yawn,
  • oft-repeated,
  • out of date,
  • prosy,
  • uninspiring,
  • usual thing,
  • longwinded.
  •everyday (adjective)
  • more whitebread,
  • most whitebread.
  •fair (adjective)
  • de cent,
  • de-cent,
  • in different,
  • in-different,
  • most fairish,
  • FAIRER,
  • up standard,
  • more fairish.
  •familiar (adjective)
  • repeated,
  • un-sophisticated,
  • more familiar,
  • un sophisticated,
  • most recognizable,
  • un ceremonious,
  • re-cognizable,
  • more recognizable,
  • recognizable,
  • un-ceremonious,
  • re cognizable.
  •frequent (adjective)
  • profuse,
  • recurrent,
  • a good many,
  • many,
  • frequent.
  •garden-variety (adjective)
  • more p,
  • most p,
  • gardenvariety.
  •general (adjective)
  • ex tensive,
  • matter-of-course,
  • more matter of course,
  • most matter of course,
  • more matter-of-course,
  • general,
  • most matter-of-course.
  •hackneyed (adjective)
  • old saw,
  • old-saw,
  • old-chestnut,
  • old-hat,
  • out-dated,
  • played-out.
  •humble (adjective)
  • proletarian,
  • unpretentious,
  • unassuming,
  • menial,
  • low-ranking,
  • Low-born.
  •humdrum (adjective)
  • more plodding,
  • most monotone,
  • most banausic,
  • more treadmill,
  • most plodding,
  • more toneless,
  • most white bread,
  • most toneless,
  • more white-bread,
  • most white-bread,
  • mono-tone,
  • mono tone,
  • more banausic,
  • more monotone,
  • most treadmill,
  • more white bread.
  •insipid (adjective)
  • in-nocuous,
  • in nocuous,
  • wishywashy,
  • more nebbish,
  • wishy-washy,
  • most ho-hum,
  • more hohum,
  • in sipid,
  • more ho hum,
  • most nebbish,
  • wishy washy,
  • more ho-hum,
  • most hohum,
  • in-sipid,
  • most ho hum.
  •lowly (adjective)
  • cast down,
  • unwashed,
  • reverential,
  • lowborn.
  •medium (adjective)
  • parrer,
  • parrest,
  • medial.
  •mundane (adjective)
  • more workday,
  • most workday.
  •natural (adjective)
  • in-born,
  • uni form,
  • most ingenerate,
  • un acquired,
  • uni-form,
  • in-voluntary,
  • more natal,
  • in-generate,
  • in voluntary,
  • more ingenerate,
  • un-acquired,
  • most natal,
  • more unacquired,
  • in born,
  • most unacquired,
  • in generate,
  • un-controlled,
  • un controlled.
  •ordinary (adjective)
  • more unnoteworthy,
  • most unmemorable,
  • most unnoteworthy,
  • un memorable,
  • un-memorable,
  • more unmemorable,
  • un-noteworthy,
  • un noteworthy.
  •overused (adjective)
  • more used-up,
  • most usedup,
  • over used,
  • more mildewed,
  • most used-up,
  • most cornball,
  • most used up,
  • more cornball,
  • usedup,
  • chainest,
  • over-used,
  • more used up,
  • more usedup,
  • most mildewed.
  •prevalent (adjective)
  • faddier,
  • faddiest,
  • more prevalent,
  • nowest,
  • nower,
  • swinging,
  • up to date.
  •prosaic (adjective)
  • diddliest,
  • yawner,
  • prosest,
  • most pabulum,
  • yawnest,
  • diddlier,
  • more pabulum,
  • more lusterless,
  • most lusterless.
  •ready-made (adjective)
  • readymade.
  •regular (adjective)
  • constant,
  • rhythmic,
  • periodic,
  • cyclical,
  • routine,
  • continual,
  • universal,
  • steady,
  • orthodox,
  • Predominating,
  • accustomed,
  • metronomic,
  • canonical,
  • chronic,
  • traditional,
  • epochal.
  •second-rate/second-class (adjective)
  • cheap dirty,
  • hackest,
  • secondrate,
  • low grade,
  • second-class,
  • most secondrate,
  • lowquality,
  • second rate,
  • lowgrade,
  • sub-standard,
  • cheap and dirty,
  • secondclass,
  • sub standard.
  •stale (adjective)
  • cliche-ridden,
  • more cliche-ridden,
  • more cliche,
  • yesterday's,
  • like dinosaur,
  • yesterday,
  • more zestless,
  • more cliche ridden,
  • most cliche,
  • most cliche ridden,
  • yester-day,
  • yester-day's,
  • most cliche-ridden,
  • yester-days,
  • yester day's,
  • yester days,
  • most zestless,
  • cliche ridden,
  • yester day.
  •stereotyped (adjective)
  • mass-produced.
  •stereotypical (adjective)
  • stereo typical,
  • stereo-typical.
  •threadbare (adjective)
  • imitative.
  •trivial (adjective)
  • in consequential,
  • in considerable,
  • in-consequential,
  • in-considerable,
  • skin deep,
  • of no account,
  • skindeep,
  • non essential.
  •typical (adjective)
  • most patterned,
  • re-presentative,
  • more patterned,
  • re presentative.
  •undistinguished (adjective)
  • nothing write home about,
  • un-distinguished,
  • nothing to write home about,
  • un distinguished.
  •uneventful (adjective)
  • unfateful.
  •unimaginative (adjective)
  • un romantic,
  • un-imaginative,
  • un-romantic,
  • un imaginative,
  • dull as dishwater.
  •uninspired (adjective)
  • unimpressed,
  • phoned in.
  •uninteresting (adjective)
  • more unenjoyable,
  • un entertaining,
  • de pressing,
  • most unentertaining,
  • un-interesting,
  • un enjoyable,
  • de-pressing,
  • un-enjoyable,
  • more unentertaining,
  • un-entertaining,
  • un interesting,
  • most unenjoyable.
  •unremarkable (adjective)
  • un remarkable,
  • un-remarkable.
  •unwashed (adjective)
  • de-classed,
  • un-washed,
  • de classed,
  • un washed.
  •used to (adjective)
  • more acclimated,
  • most acclimated,
  • at home with.
  •usual (adjective)
  • grindest.
  •warmed-over (adjective)
  • warmed over,
  • warmedover.
  •weariful (adjective)
  • drearer,
  • drearest.

• n.

  •
  • allusion,
  • acknowledgment,
  • bon mot,
  • barb,
  • comment,
  • afterthought,
  • back talk,
  • aside,
  • backchat.
  •
  • surprise.
  •
  • good,
  • indifferent.
  •
  • excite.
  •banal (noun)
  • banal.
  •banality (noun)
  • banality.
  •bromide (noun)
  • bromide,
  • trites.
  •cliche (noun)
  • old stories,
  • pro-verbs,
  • pro verbs,
  • boiler plates,
  • pro verb,
  • cliche,
  • prosaisms,
  • pro-verb,
  • trite remarks,
  • tritenesses,
  • stale sayings,
  • threadbare phrases,
  • counter word,
  • vapid expressions,
  • counter-words,
  • counterwords,
  • counter words,
  • familiar tunes,
  • counter-word.
  •clichéd saying or idea (noun)
  • prose,
  • inanity,
  • Prosaicism,
  • tag,
  • triviality truism,
  • motto,
  • shallowness,
  • rubber stamp,
  • shibboleth.
  •commonplace (noun)
  • tired,
  • shopworn,
  • unglamourous,
  • unglamorous,
  • unoriginal,
  • timeworn,
  • trivial,
  • trite,
  • unexciting.
  •conventional wisdom (noun)
  • lieu communs,
  • locus communi,
  • conventional-wisdom.
  •maxim (noun)
  • epithet,
  • maxim,
  • Brocard,
  • by-words,
  • by-word,
  • apophthegm,
  • apophthegms.
  •platitude (noun)
  • platitudes,
  • high camp,
  • old chestnut,
  • monotony,
  • hokum.
  •usual (noun)
  • study at trite.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • no-frills,
  • cut-and-dried,
  • flesh and blood,
  • overblown,
  • characterless,
  • routinely,
  • ordinarily,
  • day-to-day,
  • normalcy,
  • unexceptional,
  • cookie-cutter,
  • normality,
  • second nature,
  • nondescript,
  • rough-and-ready.
  •
  • human,
  • mainstream,
  • vanilla,
  • middle,
  • anonymous,
  • simple,
  • pro forma,
  • truism,
  • norm,
  • Overworked,
  • garden,
  • unadventurous,
  • worn-out.
  •
  • crude,
  • rude.
  •
  • basic.
  •
  • primitive.
  •
  • rule.
  •
  • straight.
  •
  • right.
  •Other relevant words:
  • detestable,
  • spent,
  • passable,
  • rigid,
  • back-number,
  • reworked,
  • arrange,
  • standard-issue,
  • unlettered,
  • jejune,
  • catholic,
  • piffling,
  • small,
  • middle class,
  • epigram,
  • repulsive,
  • of course,
  • homespun,
  • tolerable,
  • notorious,
  • unornamented,
  • moth-eaten,
  • crudity,
  • colourless,
  • homey,
  • dime-a-dozen,
  • create,
  • pale,
  • boorish,
  • inappreciable,
  • unsophisticated,
  • extracts,
  • disgusting,
  • Prosing,
  • unnoteworthy,
  • moral,
  • jog,
  • trifling,
  • pure,
  • materialistic,
  • dry-as-dust,
  • two-dimensional,
  • amiable,
  • provincial,
  • popular,
  • vulgarity,
  • extensive,
  • secure,
  • terrene,
  • unlearned,
  • superficial,
  • excerpta,
  • incidental,
  • common or garden,
  • worn,
  • catch phrase,
  • Insulse,
  • noted,
  • bewhiskered,
  • inferior,
  • household,
  • minor,
  • adjust,
  • ascendant,
  • homely,
  • modest,
  • flat,
  • subordinate,
  • regulate,
  • fusty,
  • lay,
  • earthly,
  • Collocution,
  • jottings,
  • untutored,
  • prevalence,
  • abhorrent,
  • idiom,
  • third-rate,
  • low,
  • install,
  • prescriptive,
  • forgettable,
  • staple,
  • unchanging,
  • little,
  • suburban,
  • vulgar,
  • vile,
  • commercial,
  • assess,
  • inconsequential,
  • old,
  • wretched,
  • petty,
  • stiff,
  • homelike,
  • vernacular,
  • gnome,
  • compilation,
  • Naff,
  • bourgeois,
  • generalization,
  • plastic,
  • crass,
  • ascertained,
  • fade,
  • album,
  • scheduled,
  • overdone,
  • campy,
  • mere,
  • invariable,
  • unenlightened,
  • mouldy,
  • soporific,
  • plain-speaking,
  • phrase,
  • folksy,
  • hackney,
  • cobwebby,
  • unread,
  • set,
  • unpleasant,
  • dismiss,
  • paltry,
  • obvious,
  • matter of course,
  • raise,
  • proverb,
  • unvarying,
  • unsurprising,
  • catchword,
  • uncultured,
  • repugnant,
  • sober,
  • chain,
  • awful,
  • aphorism,
  • below the salt,
  • unromantic,
  • uncultivated,
  • kitschy,
  • old song,
  • uneducated,
  • poor,
  • time-honoured,
  • spiritless,
  • disagreeable,
  • neat,
  • fit,
  • plebeian,
  • expression,
  • square,
  • acceptable,
  • proverbial,
  • affirm,
  • unfunny,
  • footling,
  • memorial,
  • pocketbook,
  • peasant,
  • niggling,
  • so-so,
  • mechanical,
  • pure and simple,
  • reactionary,
  • normative,
  • commonly known,
  • lowbrow,
  • bland,
  • sleep-inducing,
  • chaste,
  • byword,
  • Unlively,
  • triviality,
  • sublunary,
  • neighbourly,
  • anthology,
  • puny,
  • accepted,
  • omnipresent,
  • uncreative,
  • confirm,
  • stuffy,
  • truistic,
  • posit,
  • reasonable,
  • memo book,
  • locution,
  • narrow-minded,
  • pervasive,
  • homily,
  • not good,
  • friendly,
  • unrefined,
  • inconsiderable,
  • sensible,
  • cuttings,
  • cockney,
  • bald,
  • bantam,
  • limited,
  • memorandum,
  • austere,
  • direct,
  • repellent,
  • sweeping statement,
  • unpoetical,
  • negligible,
  • unclassified,
  • spartan,
  • unaffected,
  • congenial,
  • unembellished,
  • open,
  • accredited,
  • distasteful,
  • build up,
  • insignificant,
  • actual,
  • predictable,
  • apothegm,
  • shallow,
  • monotonic,
  • unpalatable,
  • expected,
  • congeal,
  • public,
  • unspectacular,
  • rustic,
  • played out,
  • stodgy,
  • establish,
  • memoir,
  • worthless,
  • ignoble,
  • well-trodden,
  • acknowledged,
  • moralism,
  • tiring,
  • classic,
  • Plain-spoken,
  • established,
  • fair to middling,
  • widespread,
  • widely known,
  • unidealistic,
  • adage,
  • memo,
  • lowbred,
  • slight,
  • unadorned,
  • fixed,
  • attic,
  • collocation,
  • affable,
  • shabby-genteel,
  • unprofound,
  • philistine,
  • straightforward,
  • admitted,
  • candid,
  • ubiquitous,
  • talked-about,
  • colorless,
  • agreed,
  • regulation,
  • earthborn,
  • flowers,
  • universally recognized,
  • hackneyed saying,
  • consolidate,
  • no big deal,
  • notebook,
  • received,
  • Collectanea,
  • miserable,
  • axiom,
  • pigeonholes,
  • unvarnished,
  • stony,
  • understood,
  • unclassifiable,
  • consuetudinary,
  • bare,
  • petite,
  • sustain,
  • unimpassioned,
  • horrid,
  • to be expected,
  • vapid,
  • define,
  • lean,
  • wearying,
  • earthbound,
  • unentertaining,
  • abstraction,
  • neutral,
  • pointless,
  • current,
  • nonclerical,
  • worldly,
  • classical,
  • portfolio,
  • Unpoetic,
  • nothing special,
  • spare,
  • Accustomary,
  • respectable,
  • lightweight,
  • worn thin,
  • third-estate,
  • baseborn,
  • Adversaria,
  • offensive,
  • stark,
  • governing,
  • analecta,
  • recognized,
  • wonted,
  • glittering generality,
  • wishy-washiness,
  • valueless,
  • unimposing,
  • piddling,
  • logical,
  • yucky,
  • unimportant,
  • known,
  • logy,
  • saw,
  • grossness,
  • put,
  • Ungenteel,
  • severe,
  • tasteless,
  • indescribable,
  • shopsoiled,
  • undiversified,
  • memorandum book,
  • well-recognized,
  • picayune,
  • second-rate,
  • well-understood,
  • dictum,
  • reiteration,
  • frivolous,
  • well-known,
  • methodical,
  • informal,
  • ruling,
  • hack,
  • ascetic,
  • unsavory,
  • idiomatic expression,
  • coarseness,
  • trot,
  • pop,
  • anti-intellectual,
  • frank,
  • dead,
  • Undistinctive,
  • starch,
  • abominable,
  • unimpressive.

Paraphrases for Commonplace:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    normal, usual, customary, pervasive, conventional, typical, day-to-day, self-evident, vulgar, generalized, prevailing, ubiquitous, infrequent, daily.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    banal, rife, common, frequent, mundane, rampant, trivial, ordinary, Familiar, everyday, uncommon, habitual, corny, unremarkable, popular, regular, run-of-the-mill, currents, fluent, unusual.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    common, truism, norm.

Antonyms for Commonplace:

• adj.

  • usual, everyday
    different, irregular, extraordinary, abnormal, peculiar, rare.
  • Other antonyms:
    novel, kooky, unique, conspicuous, enlivening, absorbing, occasional, invigorating, outstanding, unprecedented, prominent, riveting, singular, galvanizing, outrageous, stimulating, animating, intermittent, new, uncommon, unorthodox, idiosyncratic, fresh, salient, outre, unaccustomed, engaging, interesting, exceptional, unusual, infrequent, notable, seldom, nonconformist, freakish, unheard-of, sporadic, energizing, recherche, unfamiliar, unhackneyed, unconventional, unknown, signal, engrossing, freak, gripping, way out, bizarre, oddball, scarce, striking, intriguing.

• n.

  • clichéd saying or idea
    coinage, nuance.