Thesaurus
:
hackneyed
T
hesaurus
hackneyed
English
Adjective
Sense: repeated too often
Synonyms
banal
bromidic
clichéd
commonplace
cookie-cutter
corny
dog-eared
everyday
hackneyed
hoary
meh
overdone
pat
played out
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.