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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

generality, generalization, simplification

adage, proverb, saw, saying

old wives' tale, stereotype

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