Word "CLICHE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a trite or obvious remark
Synonyms:
banality, bromide, commonplace, platitude

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Sign of a lazy writer Wall Street Journal 04 Sep 2025
Well-worn phrase
Saying Nat discounted technical developments (6)
Overused phrase The Times Concise 20 May 2025
It's unoriginal for irregulars to call in revolutionary
Hackneyed New York Times 26 Mar 2025
Overused phrase USA Today 08 Mar 2025
Shortly, cut revolutionary platitude (6)
Amyl extracted from chemically- altered bromide? (6)
Leaders claiming laxity, indulgence, corruption, haughtiness? Exactly platitude (6)
Tired saying (6) Puzzler 13 Dec 2024
Platitude, commonplace comment (6) The Guardian Speedy 16 Sep 2024
Platitude, commonplace comment (6) The Guardian Speedy 15 Sep 2024
Trite phrase Premier Sunday 01 Sep 2024
Trite remark about parasitic insects biting husband The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Aug 2024
Trite saying Eugene Sheffer 19 Aug 2024
Chestnut horse beset by 100 parasites
An overworked phrase
Hackneyed description of some botanic lichens (6)
Old saw in Arabic lichen? Nice work if you can get it, etc (6)
Common phrase
Le chic version of a hackneyed saying (6)
Low-hanging fruit, for example Newsday 16 Mar 2024
Stereotyped phrase (6)
Hackneyed stuff in equal measure from Clinton and Cheney
A hackneyed phrase (6)
Overused expression Newsday 29 Jan 2024
French word for a stereotype printing plate cast from a mould, hence a stereotyped phrase (6)
Platitude The Times Concise 01 Sep 2023
Overused phrase The Guardian Quick 21 Jun 2023
Stale saying Newsday 16 Mar 2023
Overused expression USA Today 21 Feb 2023
Overused expression Universal 26 Dec 2022
Old saw that's lost its edge? The Times Cryptic 12 Aug 2022
Cut short revolutionary phrase that’s overused The Times Cryptic 19 Apr 2022
Overused phrase The Times Concise 22 Mar 2022
French word adopted into English to mean "commonplace"
Stereotype of communist picketing insurance company
Hackneyed phrase The Times Concise 13 Jul 2021
Trite saying The Sun Two Speed 27 May 2021
Any old thing literally! The Sun Two Speed 27 May 2021
Old saw that's lost its edge? The Sun Two Speed 01 Apr 2021
2 Down phrase Newsday 24 Jan 2021
Briefly hit it off ... before he delivers trite observation
Commonplace phrase Wall Street Journal 23 Sep 2020
Carbon from endless growth on tree - the same old chestnut perhaps Irish Times Crosaire 21 Aug 2020
Hackneyed phrase The Telegraph Quick 10 Jul 2020
Mostly get on well with the fellow offering banality
Old saw that's lost its cutting edge
See children's fiction around — it's definitely not original
Over-used phrase Irish Times Simplex 05 Dec 2019
Trite saying Thomas Joseph 21 Sep 2019
An old chestnut - Sam is off the chemicals Irish Times Crosaire 19 Jun 2019
Trite saying Newsday 24 Apr 2019
Overused saying Newsday 22 Apr 2019
Hackneyed phrase The Guardian Speedy 21 Apr 2019
Almost cut off revolutionary's platitude
Old chestnut caught by a lot of another tree
Like a kid in a candy store, e.g New York Times 05 Oct 2018
Tired saying Premier Sunday 17 Jun 2018
Expression that's as old as the hills Wall Street Journal 28 Feb 2018
Platitude The Telegraph Quick 07 Feb 2018
Like a kid in a candy store, e.g.
Client checks only half completed? It's so commonplace
Overused expression LA Times Daily 27 Feb 2017
Passing a poisoned chalice is commonplace
Hackneyed phrase The Times Concise 03 Feb 2017
Short snap by governor is commonplace
Trite phrase The Telegraph Quick 29 Aug 2016
Overused phrase Eugene Sheffer 06 Aug 2016
You've heard it many times before New York Times 14 Jul 2016
Overused phrase The Times Concise 19 Apr 2016
You've heard it many times before
Trite expression Family Time 19 Jul 2015
Company's opening, plant not closing — that's been said before
Trite expression
"Hot enough for ya?," e.g.
Extremely civil European receives one with honour – nothing new here!
Trite or obvious remark
Many a predictable plot
"Easy for you to say," e.g.
Stale expression
Old saw
Tired phrase
Old saw
Trite
Overused plot device
"Back to the salt mines," for one
Overused idea
Overused expression
Stale expression
Platitude
Platitude
Trite expression
Overused expression
Chestnut
Trite expression
Stale expression
"When all is said and done," e.g.
Overused expression
Overused expression
As different as night and day, e.g.
Screenwriter's no-no
Saw
Overworked phrase
Banality
Banality
It's overused
Bit of predictable prose
Bit of predictable prose
It's overused
Platitude
Hackneyed
Hackneyed
Platitude
Hot as a pistol, say
Bromide
Writer's no-no
Stale saying
Overused phrase
Cut short revolutionary phrase that's overused
Bromide
You've heard it before
Writer's no-no
Overworked phrase
Platitude
Platitude
Oft-heard expression
Stereotype
Trite expression
Trite remark
46 Down, for example.
Worn-out phrase.
Hackneyed phrase.
Trite phrase.
Stock phrase.
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