Associations to the word «Trite»

TRITE, adjective. Worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).

TRITE, noun. A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.

TRITE, noun. Trite, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.

TRITE LAW, noun. Things that are obvious; laws that are common knowledge.

TRITE, 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'".