cliché English

Meaning cliché meaning

What does cliché mean?

cliché noun

— Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. [from 19th c.]

— anything (other than a phrase) that is overused

cliché adjective

— (proscribed) clichéd; having the characteristics of a cliché

cliché verb

— (ambitransitive) To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché.

Topics cliché topics

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Language and thought Communication Language

Word

• What words refer to a group of words that express a particular meaning?
  adage aphorism byword cliché dictum epigram expression idiom motto phrase proverb saying slogan watchword

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Saying, proverb

• What words refer to a saying that is used so often that people think it is stupid?
  cliché platitude