cliché 1 of 2

variants also cliche

cliché

2 of 2

noun

variants also cliche

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cliché
Adjective
  • Several leaders described the pressure of being both highly visible and easily stereotyped.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • At the time, Latinos were often cast in stereotyped roles with heavy accents and largely denied the opportunity to direct features.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Design for specialization, not generalization.
    Dhanya Shah, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Susan has lifted us up for 50 years; and her arms have not grown tired.
    Scott Simon, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Discard the tired-looking center and separate clumps from the outer edges by hand or use a sharp knife or pruning saw.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The accounts team logs in right on time, and the stupid dance of platitudes that precedes every meeting at every company around the world begins.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Surreal flashbacks show us how Teddy’s ill mom (Alicia Silverstone) suffered at the hands of Michelle’s company, how the empty corporate platitudes offered in exchange for his family’s horror merely confirmed his belief that there was more to what was being said and what had been done.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Trauma is not a hackneyed literary trope in the work of Miriam Toews.
    Lorrie Moore, The New York Review of Books, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Similarly, the billionaire-villain forgery subplot and the insertion of romance into team dynamics came across as forced, hackneyed and unnecessary.
    Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • There is a truism that a good place to live is a good place to visit—and that relationship often creates a virtuous cycle of development.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The 2025 session put a bit of a wrinkle in that truism.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • Aside from fake dating, the novel is full of beloved, albeit cheesy, rom-com tropes.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Punishing yet satisfying combat In reliable fashion, Art of Vengeance makes use of dozens of storytelling tropes from across ninja media.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Over time, as refrigerators became commonplace, butter dishes slipped into the background.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The recent experiment by Vodafone comes as AI influencers become more commonplace online.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Cliché.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clich%C3%A9. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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