Definition for Hackneyed:

• Much used; trite.

Synonyms for Hackneyed:

• adj.

  •clichéd, tired (adjective)
  • everyday,
  • moth-eaten,
  • antiquated,
  • quotidian,
  • outmoded,
  • out-of-date,
  • hokey,
  • unoriginal,
  • run-of-the-mill,
  • obsolete.
  •corny (adjective)
  • old fashioned.
  •dull (adjective)
  • repetitive,
  • uninspiring.

• n.

  •
  • humdrum,
  • uninspired,
  • boring,
  • dreary,
  • tedious,
  • uninteresting,
  • trivial.
  •
  • usual.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Overworked.
  •Other relevant words:
  • habitual,
  • fiction,
  • monotonous,
  • shopsoiled,
  • unchanging,
  • hand-me-down,
  • truistic,
  • cliche,
  • prosaic,
  • ascertained,
  • constant,
  • dog-eared,
  • expected,
  • ingrained,
  • bromide,
  • seedy,
  • cobwebby,
  • widely known,
  • insipid,
  • out-dated,
  • lifeless,
  • Besetting,
  • unglamourous,
  • jejune,
  • frequent,
  • Prostituted,
  • flat,
  • fit for,
  • hackney,
  • dead,
  • Familiar,
  • established,
  • Grubbed,
  • decrepit,
  • bland,
  • plain,
  • fusty,
  • fade,
  • notorious,
  • inveterate,
  • petty,
  • experienced,
  • typical,
  • public,
  • Nagged,
  • mouldy,
  • broken-down,
  • colourless,
  • mawkishness,
  • archaic,
  • anticlimax,
  • fixed,
  • unexceptional,
  • automatic,
  • bathos,
  • obsolescent,
  • unremarkable,
  • time-honoured,
  • set,
  • accustomed,
  • dilapidated,
  • ageing,
  • outworn,
  • unvarying,
  • overdone,
  • played out,
  • twice-told,
  • bewhiskered,
  • well-understood,
  • ordinary,
  • unglamorous,
  • capable,
  • proper,
  • prepared,
  • Unpoetic,
  • staple,
  • primed,
  • recurrent,
  • predictable,
  • ramshackle,
  • competent,
  • skilled,
  • commonly known,
  • Hacked,
  • bathetic,
  • reach-me-down,
  • weary,
  • initiated,
  • beaten,
  • ragged,
  • intrinsic,
  • rigged,
  • expression,
  • talked-about,
  • reworked,
  • persistent,
  • unromantic,
  • noted,
  • current,
  • square,
  • normal,
  • uneventful,
  • unchanged,
  • banality,
  • efficient,
  • antediluvian,
  • copybook,
  • ancient,
  • cut,
  • standard,
  • customary,
  • Recurring,
  • rote,
  • mundane,
  • recognized,
  • homely,
  • ready-made,
  • proverbial,
  • regular,
  • vapid,
  • wonted,
  • undistinguished,
  • run-down,
  • time-worn,
  • naturalized,
  • platitude,
  • pale,
  • traditional,
  • invariable,
  • Fitted,
  • perfunctory,
  • mechanical,
  • spiritless,
  • finished,
  • Drudged,
  • dated,
  • household,
  • tumbledown,
  • saying,
  • in practice,
  • qualified,
  • mediocre,
  • universally recognized,
  • worn thin,
  • trained,
  • rooted,
  • deep-rooted,
  • cut-and-dried,
  • same,
  • shabby,
  • chain,
  • well up in,
  • Ingrafted,
  • notebook,
  • received,
  • antique,
  • well-trodden,
  • permanent,
  • back-number,
  • practiced,
  • well-known,
  • well-recognized,
  • olden,
  • dry,
  • tiresome.

Antonyms for Hackneyed:

• adj.

  • clichéd, tired
    new, uncommon, original, fresh.
  • Other antonyms:
    exciting, riveting, unhackneyed, extraordinary, enlivening, invigorating, gripping, animating, galvanizing, engaging, atypical, unusual, absorbing, stimulating, engrossing, energizing, interesting, intriguing.