THREADBARE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • repeated too often
   • overfamiliar through overuse
   Synonym(s)
   • banal (what does banal mean?)
   • commonplace (what does commonplace mean?)
   • hackneyed (what does hackneyed mean?)
   • old-hat (what does old-hat mean?)
   • shopworn (what does shopworn mean?)
   • stock(a) (what does stock(a) mean?)
   • timeworn (what does timeworn mean?)
   • tired (what does tired mean?)
   • trite (what does trite mean?)
   • well-worn (what does well-worn mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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”
   Similar To
   • unoriginal (what does unoriginal mean?)
2. Meaning
   • having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
   Usage Example(s)
   • threadbare rugs
   Similar To
   • worn (what does worn mean?)