Space travel will be commonplace some time in the future.
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Commonplace
//ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs//
Synonyms for "commonplace" (289 found)
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Closest matches (58)
Adjective(7 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (87)
directdrydullearthborneverydayfadefamiliarfamiliar tuneflatfrankfustygardengarden varietygarden-varietygeneralgeneral ideageneralizationgeneralized propositionglittering generalityhabitual
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hackhackneyhackneyedhackneyed expressionhackneyed sayinghigh-camphomelyhomespunhouseholdhumblehumdruminanityindifferentinsipidkitschyleanlieu communlocus communislowlow-camplowbornlowbredlowlymatter-of-factmaximmeanmiddle-classmonotonousmoth eatenmoth-eatenmundanemustynaturalneatno great shakesnonclericalnondescriptnormalnormativenotoriousold hatold jokeold sawold songold storyopenoverworkedpedestrianphilistinephraseplainplain spokenplain-speaking
Adjective(11 words)
Related words (144)
plain-spokenplasticplatitudeplatitudinousplebeianpoetrylesspoppopularpredominatingprescriptiveprevailingprevalentprosaicprosaicismprosaismproseprosingprosyproverbproverbial
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publicpurepure and simpleregularregulationreiterationretold storyroutinerubber stampruderun-of-minerun-of-the-millrusticsetsevereshabby-genteelshallownessshibbolethshopwornsimplesimple-speakingsmallsobersparespartansquarestalestandardstarkstereotypestereotypedstereotyped sayingstockstraightforwardsuburbansweeping statementtagtalked abouttalked-abouttalked-ofthird-estatetimeworntiredtired clichetiresometriflingtritetrite sayingtritenesstriticismtruismtruistictwice told taletwice-told taletypicalunadornedunaffectedundistinguishedunembellisheduneventfulungenteelunglamourousunidealisticunimaginativeunimpassioneduniversaluniversally admitteduniversally recognizedunnoteworthyunoriginalunpoeticunpoeticalunremarkableunromanticunspectacularunvarnishedusualvapidvernacularvulgarwarmed overwarmed-overwell-kennedwell-knownwell-recognizedwell-understoodwell-wornwidely knownwishy-washinesswontedworkadayworkdaywornworn thinworn-out
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(18 words)
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4 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
95 translations across 20 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- alledaags adj (ordinary)
- gewoon adj (ordinary)
Bulgarian
3 entries- всекидне́вен adj (ordinary)
- обикнове́н adj (ordinary)
- бана́лност noun (platitude or cliché)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 尋常 /寻常 adj (ordinary)
- 常見 /常见 adj (ordinary)
- 平凡 adj (ordinary)
- 普通 adj (ordinary)
Dutch
1 entries- gemeenplaats noun (platitude or cliché)
Esperanto
1 entries- ordinara adj (ordinary)
Finnish
4 entries- tavallinen adj (ordinary)
- tavanomainen adj (ordinary)
- klisee noun (platitude or cliché)
- latteus noun (platitude or cliché)
French
3 entries- banal adj (ordinary)
- ordinaire adj (ordinary)
- lieu commun noun (platitude or cliché)
German
4 entries- abgedroschen adj (ordinary)
- alltäglich adj (ordinary)
- banal adj (ordinary)
- fade adj (ordinary)
Greek
4 entries- κοινός adj (ordinary)
- τετριμμένος adj (ordinary)
- κοινοτοπία noun (platitude or cliché)
- κοινοτοπία noun (something that is ordinary)
Hungarian
4 entries- közönséges adj (ordinary)
- megszokott adj (ordinary)
- mindennapos adj (ordinary)
- szokványos adj (ordinary)
Italian
4 entries- banale adj (ordinary)
- ordinario adj (ordinary)
- fatto normale noun (something that is ordinary)
- luogo comune noun (platitude or cliché)
Japanese
4 entries- ありきたりの adj (ordinary)
- ありふれた adj (ordinary)
- 平凡な adj (ordinary)
- 月並みの adj (ordinary)
Polish
4 entries- pospolity adj (ordinary)
- powszechny adj (ordinary)
- banał noun (something that is ordinary)
- frazes noun (platitude or cliché)
Portuguese
4 entries- banal adj (ordinary)
- comum adj (ordinary)
- corriqueiro adj (ordinary)
- prosaico adj (ordinary)
Romanian
3 entries- banal adj (ordinary)
- ordinar adj (ordinary)
- loc comun noun (platitude or cliché)
Russian
4 entries- бана́льный adj (ordinary)
- обы́денный adj (ordinary)
- обы́чный adj (ordinary)
- обыкнове́нный adj (ordinary)
Spanish
4 entries- común adj (ordinary)
- común y corriente adj (ordinary)
- cliché noun (platitude or cliché)
- clisé noun (platitude or cliché)
Swedish
3 entries- floskel noun (platitude or cliché)
- klyscha noun (platitude or cliché)
- plattityd noun (platitude or cliché)
Turkish
4 entries- alelâde adj (ordinary)
- basmakalıp adj (ordinary)
- olağan adj (ordinary)
- sıradan adj (ordinary)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đời thường adj (ordinary)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
In my grandmother's lifetime, both telephones and computers have become commonplace.
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For my multi-talented sister, able do anything with ease, it seems that my commonplace self is something whose existence she finds very hard to forgive.
Source: tatoeba (328263)
That's commonplace.
Source: tatoeba (2912204)
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