trite

Meaning

Adj

1. Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
2. So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.

Noun

A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.

Noun

In Ancient Greek musical theory, the lower-pitched of the two movable notes in the farther tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the paranete and higher than the paramese.

Synonyms

commonplace

hackneyed

banal

threadbare

stale

well-worn

shopworn

tired

😫

timeworn

common

dismal

stock

stereotyped

platitudinous

old-hat

prosaic

bromidic

corny

monotonous

petty

trivial

ordinary

outworn

unoriginal

musty

of no account

old fashioned

old-fashioned

old hat

plain

platitude

played out

run-down

shoddy

slick

stereotype

tame

torn

trifling

truism

unimaginative

unimportant

unsurprising

vapid

workaday

worn

worn out

worn-out

cliched

hard-worked

Translations

banal

banal

abgedroschen

banale

afgezaagd

banaal

trito

banal

trivial

alledaags

nietszeggend

trivial

gewoontjes

plat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹaɪt/

Etymology

From Latin trītus (“worn out”), perfect passive participle of terō (“I wear away, wear out”).