cliché | Definition of cliché

cliché

noun

variants: also cliche

Synonyms and Antonyms of cliché

an idea or expression that has been used by many people

try to write a love story without resorting to well-worn clichés

Synonyms of cliché

banality, bromide, chestnut, commonplace, groaner, homily, platitude, shibboleth, trope, truism

Words Related to cliché

conventional wisdom, party line, routine

generality, generalization, simplification

adage, proverb, saw, saying

old wives' tale, stereotype

Near Antonyms of cliché