Hackneyed

Antonyms for hackneyed:

new, fresh, original.

Synonyms for hackneyed:

Sense 1

stereotypic, platitudinal, bromidic, overused, stereotypical, warmed-over.

Sense 2

stale, platitudinous, corny, Overworked, stereotyped, worn-out.

Sense 4

dull.

commonplace

common, commonplace.

established

known.

trite

musty, trite.

Other synonyms and related words:

dull, platitudinous, platitudinal, Familiar, unglamourous, unglamorous, stereotypic, bromidic, standard, shopsoiled, stereotyped, stale, hack, moth-eaten, common, overused, old, known, humdrum, cobwebby, worn-out, corny, musty, Overworked, cliche, warmed-over, stereotypical, prosaic, hackney.

clichéd, tired (adjective)

threadbare, commonplace, timeworn, well-worn, banal, trite, stock, unoriginal, moth-eaten, common, corny, stereotyped, stale, worn-out, Overworked, old.

musty (adjective)

timeworn.

unimaginative (adjective)

prosaic.

Sense 1 (noun)

humdrum.

Sense 2 (noun)

platitudinous, stale, musty, Overworked, bromidic, platitudinal, worn-out, stereotypic, overused, warmed-over, corny, stereotyped, stereotypical.

hackneyed (noun)

well-worn, trite, banal, tired, timeworn, shopworn, commonplace, unoriginal, threadbare, stock.

worn out (noun)

dull, common, old.

Usage examples for hackneyed:

• " And yet," said Saville, " how few men of letters perceive a truth so evident to us, so hackneyed even in the conversations of society! - "Godolphin, Volume 2.", Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
• " 'Faith in anything is the first requisite for success, '" he repeated to himself, striving to recall whether or not it was, as she had intimated, a hackneyed proverb for the young; yet there was something bracing in it, coming from her calm, young, womanly lips. - "The Plunderer", Roy Norton.
• It is evident that such a prisoner would not resort to old, hackneyed, commonplace expedients. - "Monsieur Lecoq", Emile Gaboriau.