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Synonyms & Antonyms of hackney
(Entry 1 of 3)
used or heard so often as to be dull
- she quickly learned to ignore her children's hackney complaints like "It isn't fair" and "Why me?"
Synonyms for hackney
- banal,
- cliché
- (also cliche),
- clichéd,
- cobwebby,
- commonplace,
- hack,
- hackneyed,
- moth-eaten,
- musty,
- obligatory,
- shopworn,
- stale,
- stereotyped,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- tired,
- trite,
- well-worn
Words Related to hackney
- canned,
- cardboard,
- conventional,
- cookie-cutter,
- derivative,
- imitative,
- ready-made,
- tried-and-true,
- unimaginative,
- uninspired,
- unoriginal
- arid,
- barren,
- boring,
- colorless,
- drab,
- dreary,
- drudging,
- dry,
- dull,
- dusty,
- flat,
- heavy,
- ho-hum,
- humdrum,
- jading,
- jejune,
- leaden,
- mind-numbing,
- monotonous,
- numbing,
- old,
- pedantic,
- pedestrian,
- ponderous,
- prosaic,
- stodgy,
- stuffy,
- tame,
- tedious,
- tiresome,
- tiring,
- undramatic,
- uninteresting,
- vapid,
- wearisome,
- weary,
- wearying
Near Antonyms for hackney
Antonyms for hackney
hackney
verbSynonyms of hackney (Entry 2 of 3)
to use so much as to make less appealing
- advertisers have hackneyed the word "revolutionary" so much that it now just means that a product is new
Synonyms for hackney
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hackney
nounSynonyms of hackney (Entry 3 of 3)
1
as in surrey, tilbury
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for hackney
- barouche,
- brougham,
- buckboard,
- buggy,
- cab,
- cabriolet,
- calash,
- calèche
- (or caleche),
- caroche,
- carryall,
- chaise,
- chariot,
- coach,
- coupé
- (or coupe),
- curricle,
- diligence,
- dogcart,
- droshky
- (also drosky),
- four-in-hand,
- gig,
- go-cart,
- hansom
- (or hansom cab),
- jaunting car,
- landau,
- phaeton,
- post chaise,
- roadster,
- rockaway,
- stage,
- stagecoach,
- stanhope,
- surrey,
- tandem,
- tilbury,
- tonga,
- trap,
- troika,
- victoria
2
as in trotter, warhorse
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The first known use of hackney was in the 13th century
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