banal English

Meaning banal meaning

What does banal mean?

banal

— adjective (= commonplace, hackneyed, stock, threadbare, timeworn, trite) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse bromidic sermons his remarks were trite and commonplace hackneyed phrases a stock answer repeating threadbare jokes parroting some timeworn axiom the trite metaphor 'hard as nails'

Synonyms banal synonyms

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banal English » English

commonplace

trite

hackneyed

trivial

well-worn

threadbare

stock

shopworn

ordinary

common

vapid

tired

timeworn

platitudinous

unoriginal

outworn

old-hat

jejune

insipid

worn out

workaday

uninspiring

uncreative

stereotypical

stereotypic

stereotyped

stale

prosaical

prosaic

prevalent

platitudinarian

platitudinal

plain

pedestrian

old hat

mutual

lifeless

lacklustre

lackluster

inane

general

flat

fatuous

everyday

dull

despicable

derivative

conventional

communal

bland

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• What words describe something that has been said so often that people think it is stupid?
  trite over-used stale banal be wearing thin threadbare clichéd corny hackneyed shopworn stereotyped commonplace