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chestnut

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of chestnut

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 of chestnut

banality, bromide, cliché (also cliche), commonplace, groaner, homily, platitude, shibboleth, trope, truism
Words Related to chestnut

conventional wisdom, party line, routine

inanity

generality, generalization, simplification

adage, proverb, saw, saying

old wivesʼ tale, stereotype
Near Antonyms of chestnut

profundity

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