Synonyms of banality

banality

noun

bə-ˈna-lə-tē 

as in cliché

an idea or expression that has been used by many people

another sitcom based on the banality of roommates with opposite personalities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cliché
• bromide
• commonplace
• platitude
• truism
• trope
• chestnut
• saying
• proverb
• shibboleth
• homily
• groaner
• generalization
• saw
• stereotype
• inanity
• party line
• conventional wisdom
• routine
• simplification
• generality
• adage
• old wives' tale

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• profundity

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of banality

And yet for God’s sake, just look at the man—at his dispiriting attempts at humor, his weirdly off-putting outfits, his incessant posting of banalities and faux profundities and extreme-right disinformation on social media. — Mark O’Connell, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

But together, the whole is blander than the sum of its parts—a subtle banality humans can often implicitly sense. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 29 June 2026

Here, Laura, a magazine writer in London, drifts through old friendships, failed romances, and the gothic banalities of family life. — Air Mail, 20 June 2026

One effect of this austerity and repression is to focus attention on Albee’s language, with its slippery banalities and barbs. — Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026