The word "cliche" comes from French.
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Cliche
/kliˈʃeɪ/
Synonyms for "cliche" (105 found)
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Noun(9 words)
commonplacecommonplacesconventionalcornballformulaichackneyedhackneyed ideahackneyed motifhackneyed phrase
commonplace expressioncommonplacenesscorncorninesscryfad wordfamiliar tunefamiliarnessfustinessgeneral ideageneralizationgeneralized propositionglittering generalityhackhackneyedhackneyed expressionhackneyed sayinghackneyednessidiomlieu commun
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locus communismaxim
Adjective(1 words)
commonplace phrase
Related words (52)
Noun(11 words)
Adjective(3 words)
mustinessold jokeold sawold songold storypet expressionphraseplatitudeplatitudinousnessprosaicismprosaismproseproverbreiterationretold storyrubber stampshibbolethshopwornslogansquareness
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stalestalenessstereotypestereotyped sayingsweeping statementtagthreadbaretimeworntired clichetrite sayingtritenesstriticismtruismtwice toldtwice told taletwice-told taleunoriginalityvogue word
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12 entriescommentdescriptorfigure of speechinputliterary devicenarrative conventionpejorative labelphrasequalitative descriptorremarkterminologytruism
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13 entriesacademic clichébureaucratic clichéconventional tropehackneyed tropejournalistic clichémedia clichépolitical clichépop culture clichéromantic clichéstock expressionstock imagerystock phrasestock trope
Collocations
11 entriesacademic clichébanal expressioncliche expressioncliche imagerycliche languagecliche phrasecliche phrasingcliche tropeoverused tropestereotyped ideastock phrase
Inflections
6 entriesDerivations
2 entriesclichesclichéd
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
It's a cliche, but it's true.
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With her green eye shadow and rabbit fur coat, Mary was cliche.
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The cream exploded into a cliche in the author's coffee mug.
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