a trite or obvious remark

[ Syn: platitude , platitude , cliche , cliche , banality , banality , bromide , bromide ]

completely ordinary and unremarkable; air travel has now become commonplace; commonplace everyday activities'

not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; an unglamorous job greasing engines

[ Syn: humdrum , prosaic , unglamorous , unglamourous ]

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

[ Syn: banal , hackneyed , old-hat , shopworn , stock , threadbare , timeworn , tired , trite , well-worn ]