1. banality, bromide, cliche, commonplace, platitude

a trite or obvious remark

• banality
• bromide
• cliche
• platitude

2. commonplace

completely ordinary and unremarkable

Example Sentences:
'air travel has now become commonplace'
'commonplace everyday activities'

3. commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous

not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

Example Sentences:
'an unglamorous job greasing engines'

• humdrum
• prosaic
• unglamorous
• unglamourous

4. banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Example Sentences:
'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''

• banal
• hackneyed
• old-hat
• shopworn
• stock
• threadbare
• timeworn
• tired
• trite
• well-worn