| noun | a trite or obvious remark |
| adjective | completely ordinary and unremarkable “air travel has now become commonplace” |
| adjective | not challenging; dull and lacking excitement “an unglamorous job greasing engines” |
| adjective | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse “bromidic sermons” |
| platitudinous | adjective | dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality |
| banal | adjective | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse |
| commonplace | adjective | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse |
| commonplaceness | noun | ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace |
| prose | noun | matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression |
| prosaicness | noun | commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting |
| banality | noun | a trite or obvious remark |
| commonplace | noun | a trite or obvious remark |
| triteness | noun | unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed |