clichés

variants also cliches
plural of cliché

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clichés
Noun
  • This leads to her descent into a vicious vortex narrated with Greek tragedy tropes.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Even if the plot is slightly predictable, there's no denying the inherent fun in watching a Stranger Things-esque time capsule tackle the genre's most hallmarked tropes with fresh eyes and a solid cast, including Billie Lourd, Leslie Grossman, and Zach Villa.
    James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Apart from a few childhood friends, his wife, Rosemary Hobor, knew him the longest, but shares generalizations more than revealing anecdotes.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Much of his attention that evening is focused on Alma’s star doctoral student Maggie (Ayo Edebiri), who responds to his playful taunting about why her generation is so guarded by pinpointing it to the moment his generation started making sweeping generalizations about them.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • My first true attempts at poetry were self-guided, painfully rhymed, drenched in abstractions and exhausted platitudes.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
  • His answers, typically, differ by just a few words and a few platitudes.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Written by Noah Oppenheim, Bigelow’s real-time thriller about the banalities and actualities of a fictional-in-premise-only nuclear attack on the United States is Netflix’s best horse in the race at the Oscars this year.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These stereotypes couldn’t be further from the truth.
    Mark Rayfield, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Under these conditions, Democrats and Republicans tend to exaggerate the characteristics of the other party based on common stereotypes.
    Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There is an outright rejection of bromides that would give us some conclusion of reassurance.
    Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Incidents of such poisoning saw a sharp decline when the Food and Drug Administration phased out the use of bromides in pharmaceuticals between the mid 70s and late 1980s.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As Middleton shared with the first lady, Prince Louis, who is seven, is now obsessed with chestnuts.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Sep. 2025
  • This is also when local markets brim with seasonal ingredients like porcini mushrooms, chestnuts, and hazelnuts.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Clichés.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clich%C3%A9s. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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