Associations to the word «Commonplace»
Noun
- Rhetoric
- Utterance
- Remark
- Romance
- Genius
- Novelty
- Sentiment
- Repetition
- Bourgeois
- Phrase
- Charm
- Conversation
- Imagination
- Metaphor
- Poetry
- Invention
- Topic
- Wit
- Discourse
- Notion
- Countenance
- Sympathy
- Sermon
- Simplicity
- Familiar
- Idea
- Maxim
- Extravagance
- Locus
- Cicero
- Bribery
- Oratory
- Ordinary
- Orator
- Usual
- Vanity
- Quotation
- Enchantment
- Paradox
- Aristotle
- Impossible
- Occurrence
- Greco
- Pulpit
- Freshness
Adjective
- Vulgar
- Homely
- Trivial
- Everyday
- Stale
- Tame
- Rhetorical
- Dull
- Uttered
- Ordinary
- Mere
- Dreary
- Polite
- Marvellous
- Imaginative
- Ugly
- Commonplace
- Coarse
- Prose
- Apt
- Lofty
- Familiar
- Cheerful
- Absurd
- Wonderful
- Delightful
- Routine
- Hearted
- Charming
- Strange
- Accepted
- Wholesome
- Persuasive
- Elizabethan
- Tedious
- Pious
- Impending
- Utter
- Sentimental
- Picturesque
- Tragic
- Insignificant
- Melancholy
- Dreamy
Adverb
Wiktionary
COMMONPLACE, adjective. Ordinary; having no remarkable characteristics.
COMMONPLACE, noun. A platitude or cliché.
COMMONPLACE, noun. Something that is ordinary.
COMMONPLACE, noun. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.
COMMONPLACE, noun. A commonplace book.
COMMONPLACE, verb. To make a commonplace book.
COMMONPLACE, verb. To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.
COMMONPLACE, verb. (obsolete) To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.
COMMONPLACE BOOK, noun. A personal notebook or journal in which memorabilia, quotations etc were written.
COMMONPLACE BOOKS, noun. Plural of commonplace book
Dictionary definition
COMMONPLACE, noun. A trite or obvious remark.
COMMONPLACE, adjective. Completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities".
COMMONPLACE, adjective. Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines".
COMMONPLACE, adjective. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'".
Wise words
However many holy words you read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?