stock(a) 1
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
Definition
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Examples
- 1.a stock answer
- 2.repeating threadbare jokes
- 3.parroting some timeworn axiom
- 4.bromidic sermons
- 5.his remarks were trite and commonplace
- 6.hackneyed phrases
- 7.the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
Synonyms
- banal 1
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- commonplace 3
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- hackneyed 1
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- old-hat 1
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- shopworn 2
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- threadbare 1
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- timeworn 1
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- tired 2
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- trite 1
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- well-worn 2
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse


