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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•mon•place /ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs/USA pronunciation adj. - ordinary;
uninteresting;
usual:commonplace expressions in his writing.
n. [countable] - a well-known or obvious remark or statement;
platitude:It is a commonplace that the world has grown more complex. - anything common or uninteresting.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•mon•place (kom′ən plās′),USA pronunciation adj. - ordinary;
undistinguished or uninteresting;
without individuality:a commonplace person. - trite;
hackneyed;
platitudinous:a commonplace remark.
n. - a well-known, customary, or obvious remark;
a trite or uninteresting saying. - anything common, ordinary, or uninteresting.
- [Archaic.]a place or passage in a book or writing noted as important for reference or quotation.
- translation of Latin locus commūnis, itself translation of Greek koinòs tópos 1525–35
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Commonplace, banal, hackneyed, stereotyped, trite describe words, remarks, and styles of expression that are lifeless and uninteresting. Commonplace characterizes thought that is dull, ordinary, and platitudinous:commonplace and boring.Something is banal that seems inane, insipid, and pointless:a heavy-handed and banal affirmation of the obvious.Hackneyed characterizes something that seems stale and worn out through overuse:a hackneyed comparison.Stereotyped emphasizes the fact that situations felt to be similar invariably call for the same thought in exactly the same form and the same words:so stereotyped as to seem automatic.Trite describes something that was originally striking and apt, but which has become so well-known and been so commonly used that all interest has been worn out of it:true but trite.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cliché, bromide, platitude, stereotype.
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