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Meaning & Definition of Commonplace in English

English

Commonplace

/kɑmənples/

noun

1. A trite or obvious remark

synonym:
  • platitude,
  • cliche,
  • banality,
  • commonplace,
  • bromide

adjective

1. Completely ordinary and unremarkable

  • "Air travel has now become commonplace"
  • "Commonplace everyday activities"
synonym:
  • commonplace

2. Not challenging

  • Dull and lacking excitement
  • "An unglamorous job greasing engines"
synonym:
  • commonplace,
  • humdrum,
  • prosaic,
  • unglamorous,
  • unglamourous

3. 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'"
synonym:
  • banal,
  • commonplace,
  • hackneyed,
  • old-hat,
  • shopworn,
  • stock(a),
  • threadbare,
  • timeworn,
  • tired,
  • trite,
  • well-worn

Examples of using

Space travel will be commonplace some time in the future.