adjective. Ordinary; common.

adjective. Uninteresting; unremarkable.

noun. undefined

noun. A trite or obvious saying; a platitude.

noun. Something, especially an occurrence, that is ordinary or common.

noun. A passage marked for reference or entered in a commonplace book.

To enter particulars regarding in a commonplace-book.

To indulge in commonplace statements.

noun. A memorandum of something that is likely to be again referred to; a fact or quotation or argument that is or may be made useful in one or another way or in a variety of ways, and so is made note of for handy use.

noun. A well-known, customary, or obvious remark; a trite or uninteresting saying.

noun. Anything occurring frequently or habitually; anything of ordinary or usual character; especially, anything that is so common as to be uninteresting; such common things collectively.

Not novel or striking; trite; hackneyed: as, a commonplace remark.

Ordinary; common; uninteresting; without originality or marked individuality: as, a commonplace person.

transitive verb. To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.

intransitive verb. To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.

noun. An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.

noun. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.

noun. a book in which records are made of things to be remembered.

adjective. Common; ordinary; trite.

adjective. ordinary; having no remarkable features

noun. A platitude or cliché.

noun. Something that is ordinary.

verb. To make a commonplace book.

verb. To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.

noun. a trite or obvious remark

adjective. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

adjective. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

adjective. completely ordinary and unremarkable

"I cannot fancy the man who saw this effect, and took it on the wing with so much force and spirit, was what you call commonplace in the last recesses of the heart."

odd  original  unusual  

ordinary  unexciting  unoriginal  

commonplace book  

comment  input  remark  truism  

dull  everyday  homely  humble  modern  

Attic  Babbittish  Philistine  Philistine  Spartan