Thesaurus:hackneyed

Thesaurus

hackneyed

English

Adjective

Sense: repeated too often

Synonyms

• hackneyed
• banal
• hoary
• bromidic
• clichéd
• commonplace
• cookie-cutter
• corny
• dog-eared
• everyday
• meh
• overdone
• pat
• prosaic
• shopworn
• stale
• stock
• threadbare (figurative)
• timeworn
• tired
• trite
• unoriginal
• vapid
• warmed-over
• well-worn

Antonyms

• fresh
• new    [⇒ thesaurus]
• original

Hypernyms

• repeated    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:boring
• Thesaurus:common
• Thesaurus:saying

Further reading

• “hackneyed” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “hackneyed” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.