trope

trope

noun

Definition of TROPE

an idea or expression that has been used by many people <a screenplay that reads like a catalog of mystery-thriller tropes>

Synonyms banality, bromide, chestnut, cliché (also cliche), groaner, homily, platitude, shibboleth, trope, truism

Related Words conventional wisdom, party line, routine; inanity; generality, generalization, simplification; adage, proverb, saw, saying; old wives' tale, stereotype

Near Antonyms profundity