| commonplace | (adj) completely ordinary and unremarkable |
| commonplace | (adj) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement, Syn. prosaic, humdrum, unglamourous, unglamorous |
| commonplace book | (n) a notebook in which you enter memorabilia |
| banal | (adj) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse, Syn. hackneyed, threadbare, timeworn, tired, shopworn, old-hat, well-worn, trite, stock, commonplace |
| commonness | (n) ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace, Syn. commonplaceness, everydayness, Ant. uncommonness |
| platitude | (n) a trite or obvious remark, Syn. banality, cliche, commonplace, bromide |
| Commonplace | a. Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Commonplace | n. 1. An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to. [ 1913 Webster ] Whatever, in my reading, occurs concerning this our fellow creature, I do never fail to set it down by way of commonplace. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Commonplace book, a book in which records are made of things to be remembered. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Commonplace | v. t. To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads. Felton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Commonplace | v. i. To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Commonplaceness | n. The quality of being commonplace; commonness. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 普遍 | [pǔ biàn, ㄆㄨˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ, 普 遍] universal; general; widespread; commonplace #1,598 [Add to Longdo] |
| 平凡 | [píng fán, ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄢˊ, 平 凡] commonplace #6,937 [Add to Longdo] |
| 平庸 | [píng yōng, ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄥ, 平 庸] mediocre; indifferent; commonplace #15,316 [Add to Longdo] |
| 抛砖引玉 | [pāo zhuān yǐn yù, ㄆㄠ ㄓㄨㄢ ㄧㄣˇ ㄩˋ, 抛 砖 引 玉 / 拋 磚 引 玉] lit. to throw a brick to attract jade (成语 saw); fig. I offer a humble remark, please give us your valued opinion (e.g. commonplace remarks as a foreword to a distinguished speech) #45,301 [Add to Longdo] |
| 陈词滥调 | [chén cí làn diào, ㄔㄣˊ ㄘˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ, 陈 词 滥 调 / 陳 詞 濫 調] cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype #75,100 [Add to Longdo] |
| 兵家常事 | [bīng jiā cháng shì, ㄅㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄔㄤˊ ㄕˋ, 兵 家 常 事] commonplace in military operations (成语 saw) [Add to Longdo] |
| 平凡 | [へいぼん, heibon] (adj-na, n) common; commonplace; ordinary; mediocre; (P) #11,817 [Add to Longdo] |
| おざなりになって | [ozanarininatte] (exp) to say commonplace things [Add to Longdo] |
| お座なり;御座なり;御座成り;お座成り | [おざなり, ozanari] (adj-na) perfunctory; apathetic; careless; slapdash; commonplace [Add to Longdo] |
| 何の変哲も無い;何の変哲もない | [なんのへんてつもない, nannohentetsumonai] (adj-i) ordinary; plain; commonplace [Add to Longdo] |
| 家常茶飯 | [かじょうさはん, kajousahan] (n) everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary [Add to Longdo] |
| 決まりきった;極り切った;決まり切った;決り切った | [きまりきった, kimarikitta] (adj-f) fixed; obvious; commonplace [Add to Longdo] |
| 常識的 | [じょうしきてき, joushikiteki] (adj-na) ordinary; sensible; commonplace; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 尋常茶飯 | [じんじょうさはん, jinjousahan] (n, adj-na, adj-no) everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary [Add to Longdo] |
| 茶飯事 | [さはんじ, sahanji] (n) commonly occurring thing; commonplace event; bread and butter item [Add to Longdo] |
| 平々凡々;平平凡凡 | [へいへいぼんぼん(uK), heiheibonbon (uK)] (adj-na, adj-no, adj-t, adv-to) very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace [Add to Longdo] |
| 平俗 | [へいぞく, heizoku] (n, adj-na) (1) commonplace; ordinary; trite; (2) informal and easy to understand (of writing, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
| 平凡陳腐 | [へいぼんちんぷ, heibonchinpu] (n, adj-na) commonplace and stale; humdrum and hackneyed [Add to Longdo] |
| 没趣味 | [ぼつしゅみ, botsushumi] (adj-na, n) commonplace; vapid; insipid [Add to Longdo] |
| 凡策 | [ぼんさく, bonsaku] (n) commonplace policy [Add to Longdo] |
| 凡庸 | [ぼんよう, bonyou] (adj-na, n, adj-no) mediocre; banality; commonplace; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 有り触れた(P);有りふれた;あり触れた | [ありふれた, arifureta] (adj-f) (uk) unsurprising; trite; commonplace; mundane; hackneyed; garden variety (of); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
