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Synonyms for cliche
kliˈʃeɪ, klɪ-cliche
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Wiktionary
clichénoun
Synonyms:
platitudeclichénoun
Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.
Kidnapping the love interest during a film is a bit of a cliché.
Synonyms:
platitudeclichénoun
A stereotype (printing plate).
Synonyms:
platitude
Princeton's WordNet
platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromidenoun
a trite or obvious remark
Synonyms:
banality, commonplace, bromide, platitude
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "cliché":
cliché, stereotype, platitude, clichéd, truism, commonplace, snapshot, photograph
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#5732 | photograph | |
#7824 | snapshot | |
#27935 | commonplace | |
#28515 | bromide | |
#28720 | stereotype | |
#37906 | cliche | |
#86532 | banality | |
#88590 | truism | |
#92373 | cliched | |
#182124 | platitude |
How to use cliche in a sentence?
I did the best as an actor to overcome the cliché-ness because I had to in order to keep working, i took those roles and then I used what my teachers had taught me and put the real feelings, even if it's a villain... I try to find what makes the person really that person.
It's not really the cliche of sitting around and eating a bag of potato chips and playing games, there is more to it and this is starting to explode and be a new world order that's taking over regular sports.
For me, it opens a broad spectrum of reflection about the image of Africa -- how is Africa represented, has been represented, has been broadcasted, has been framed and photographed, i want to break the cliche. ... To make people maybe understand that Africa is not an exotic idea. It's not just a mask that you can just put in your house as a decoration.
Daily Mail reviewer Quentin Letts:
Figures in black balaclavas assist in the humiliation. With mistress-of-stunts Katie Mitchell directing, we have, from the start, ambient noise, honking klaxons, cage doors clanking, fizzing strip-lights -- no cliche is spared.
Good news/Bad news. Good news : I just got vaccinated ! Bad news : I got it because I ’m 75. Ha ! the operation in NYC was smooth as silk( sorry about the cliché@BCDreyer!) and hosted to perfection by the US Army and National Guard. Thank you all, and thank you science.
Translations for cliche
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- klicheDanish
- KlischeeGerman
- στερεότυποGreek
- clichéSpanish
- کلیشهPersian
- kliseeFinnish
- clichéFrench
- clicheIrish
- क्लिचHindi
- kozhelyHungarian
- kliseIndonesian
- clichéItalian
- 決まり文句Japanese
- ಕ್ಲೀಷೆKannada
- 진Korean
- clicheLatin
- clichéDutch
- klisjeNorwegian
- klyschaSwedish
- கிளிச்Tamil
- క్లిచ్Telugu
- ถ้อยคำที่เบื่อหูThai
- clicheYiddish
- 老生常談Chinese
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