commonplace
1com·mon·place
noun \ˈkä-mən-ˌplās\: an idea, expression, remark, etc., that is not new or interesting
: something that happens or appears in many places and is not unusual
Full Definition of COMMONPLACE
1
archaic : a striking passage entered in a commonplace book
See Examples of COMMONPLACE
- It is a commonplace that we only use a small part of our brain's capacity.
- We now accept cell phones and laptop computers as commonplaces of everyday life.
Origin of COMMONPLACE
translation of Latin locus communis widely applicable argument, translation of Greek koinos topos
First Known Use: 1561
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Rhymes with COMMONPLACE
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2commonplace
adjective: happening or appearing in many places and not unusual : very common or ordinary
Full Definition of COMMONPLACE
: commonly found or seen : ordinary, unremarkable <a commonplace occurrence> <the large mergers that had become commonplace>
— com·mon·place·ness noun
Examples of COMMONPLACE
- Drug use has become commonplace at rock concerts.
- He photographed commonplace objects like lamps and bowls.
First Known Use of COMMONPLACE
1609
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- Synonyms
- average, common, ordinary, cut-and-dried (also cut-and-dry), everyday, garden-variety, normal, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, standard-issue, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday
- Antonyms
- abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, odd, out-of-the-way, strange, unusual
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