BROMIDE Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

bromide

noun

ˈbrō-ˌmīd

Definition of bromide

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an idea or expression that has been used by many people a newspaper editorial offering the timeworn bromide that people should settle their differences peacefully

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Recent Examples of bromide Other testing by the state’s environmental quality department found elevated levels of heavy metals commonly found in oil field wastewater including barium and bromide. — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 18 May 2026 While these songs might appear to be somewhat straightforward EBM that wear their politics on their latex sleeve, there’s a level of ambiguity at work that moves Kissing Luck Goodbye past its own bromides and into deeper artistic territory. — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026 Disruption without construction Instructors burned out with the current situation endure a barrage of repetitive bromides. — ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026 The bromide has it that a liberal is a person who won’t take his own side in an argument. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bromide

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Noun

At last week’s meeting, though, Warsh spoke largely in platitudes and generalizations.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Leaders must understand grief's unique, individual nature, avoiding assumptions or platitudes.

— Mena Mirhom, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of platitude

Noun

Commentary and opinions In his latest column, Gustavo Arellano breaks down the banality of evil in the Border Patrol’s secret anti-immigrant slur.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
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

Definition of banality

Noun

But most politicians are pretty easily replaced, a truism that Moreno reinforced by going public.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
There’s a long-standing truism in the world of physical attacks that defenders need to succeed every time, but attackers need to succeed just once.

— Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of truism

Noun

Wolff was only the eighth woman to drive a Formula 1 car (four more have done it since); the role, a now-commonplace one that includes driving the simulator during Grand Prix weekends to inform trackside strategy, was created for her.

— Danielle McNally, InStyle, 28 May 2026
The videos are often integrated into larger montages of drone strikes, underscoring how commonplace these drones have become for Russian forces.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026

Definition of commonplace

Noun

Though the familiar tropes of YA storytelling exist throughout, the series engages with the genre’s conventions earnestly and with sincerity, says Halsall.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
The tropes that conceive of Africa, a 54-nation continent, as a tragic problem to be solved.

— Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

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