Commonplacing

Synonyms for "commonplacing" (289 found)

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banal bromide ordinary threadbare unexceptional mediocre abstraction acceptable accustomed actual ascetic attic austere average babbittish back number back-number bald banality bare

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Adjective(7 words)

banal beaten bog-standard bromidic clichéd cookie-cutter corny

Adjective(1 words)

Noun(4 words)

banality bromide cliche commonplace book

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plain-spoken plastic platitude platitudinous plebeian poetryless pop popular predominating prescriptive prevailing prevalent prosaic prosaicism prosaism prose prosing prosy proverb proverbial

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public pure pure and simple regular regulation reiteration retold story routine rubber stamp rude run-of-mine run-of-the-mill rustic set severe shabby-genteel shallowness shibboleth shopworn simple simple-speaking small sober spare spartan square stale standard stark stereotype stereotyped stereotyped saying stock straightforward suburban sweeping statement tag talked about talked-about talked-of third-estate timeworn tired tired cliche tiresome trifling trite trite saying triteness triticism truism truistic twice told tale twice-told tale typical unadorned unaffected undistinguished unembellished uneventful ungenteel unglamourous unidealistic unimaginative unimpassioned universal universally admitted universally recognized unnoteworthy unoriginal unpoetic unpoetical unremarkable unromantic unspectacular unvarnished usual vapid vernacular vulgar warmed over warmed-over well-kenned well-known well-recognized well-understood well-worn widely known wishy-washiness wonted workaday workday worn worn thin worn-out

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Adjective(18 words)

played out prosaic quotidian routine shopworn stale standard issue stock threadbare timeworn tired trite undistinguished unexceptional unoriginal vapid warmed-over well-worn

Adjective(10 words)

prosaic shopworn stock threadbare timeworn tired trite unglamorous unglamourous well-worn

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There are some people who ought never to dream of commonplacing the ideal with themselves. The world of the heart is essentially ideal: it collects all poetry,—innate and acquired; it is fastidious, dreaming, and delicate; and is a question of taste as well as of feeling; and it is to this world that love belongs.

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