old-hat English

Meaning old-hat meaning

What does old-hat mean?

old-hat

— 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'

— adjective (= antique, demode, outmoded) out of fashion a suit of rather antique appearance demode (or outmoded) attire outmoded ideas

Synonyms old-hat synonyms

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old-hat English » English

well-worn

timeworn

threadbare

shopworn

trite

tired

passee

passe

outmoded

old-fashioned

hackneyed

commonplace

antique

stock

stale

out of date

demode

banal

antiquated

worn

unprogressive

unoriginal

unfashionable

trito

torn

stuffy

stodgy

standpat

run-down

played out

platitudinous

overaged

outdated

out-of-date

obsolete

nonprogressive

marred

mangled

fusty

frumpy

frumpish

expired

ex

eroded

elapsed

dowdy

dated

cold

careworn

bromidic