Synonyms of chestnuts

chestnuts

noun

plural of chestnut

as in cliches

an idea or expression that has been used by many people

an op-ed piece that's offers nothing but warmed-over chestnuts for solving the city's financial woes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cliches
• clichés
• commonplaces
• bromides
• tropes
• proverbs
• platitudes
• sayings
• banalities
• truisms
• shibboleths
• groaners
• homilies
• generalizations
• party lines
• stereotypes
• inanities
• saws
• adages
• routines
• conventional wisdoms
• generalities
• simplifications
• old wives' tales

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• profundities