Antonyms for commonplace
ˈkɒm ənˌpleɪscom·mon·place

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1. commonplace

   Common signifies frequently occurring, not out of the regular course, not exceptional; hence, not above the average, not excellent or distinguished, inferior, or even low; common also signifies pertaining to or participated in by two or more persons or things; as, sorrow is common to the race. General may signify pertaining equally to all of a class, race, etc., but very commonly signifies pertaining to the greater number, but not necessarily to all. Universal applies to all without exception; general applies to all with possible or comparatively slight exceptions; common applies to very many without deciding whether they are even a majority. A common remark is one we often hear; a general experience is one that comes to the majority of people; a universal experience is one from which no human being is exempt. It is dangerous for a debater to affirm a universal proposition, since that can be negatived by a single exception, while a general statement is not invalidated even by adducing many exceptions. We say a common opinion, common experience, a general rule, general truth, a universal law. Compare synonyms for NORMAL; USUAL.

   Antonyms:
   exceptional, infrequent, rare, singular, uncommon, unknown, unusual

   Synonyms:
   common, customary, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, normal, ordinary, popular, prevalent, public, universal, usual

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromideadjective

   a trite or obvious remark

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary, original, exciting

   Synonyms:
   banality, bromide, cliche, platitude

2. commonplaceadjective

   completely ordinary and unremarkable

   "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"

   Antonyms:
   original, extraordinary, exciting

   Synonyms:
   tired, well-worn, hackneyed, stock(a), prosaic, unglamorous, threadbare, unglamourous, humdrum, trite, shopworn, old-hat, banal, timeworn

3. commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourousadjective

   not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

   "an unglamorous job greasing engines"

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary, original, exciting

   Synonyms:
   shopworn, prosaic, monotonous, trite, humdrum, old-hat, unglamorous, earthbound, threadbare, tired, timeworn, stock(a), matter-of-fact, hackneyed, well-worn, banal, prosy, pedestrian, unglamourous

4. banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-wornadjective

   repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

   "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary, original, exciting

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1. commonplaceadjective

   Synonyms:
   ordinary, banal, hackneyed, trite, platitudinous, prosaic

2. commonplacenoun

   Synonyms:
   platitude, banality

How to use commonplace in a sentence?

1. Marlies van den Broek:

   The fabulous is never anything but the commonplace touched by the hand of genius.

2. Bonner Cohen:

   This is a man-made disaster, southern California is an arid part of the world where droughts -- even severe droughts -- are commonplace, and knowing this, you’d think the government of California would have included this mathematical certainty in its disaster preparedness planning, but the government has done nothing, not even store rain, as the population has continued to grow.

3. Lara Jacinto:

   For most people who live along the northern border of Portugal, crossing the boundary line is now commonplace, there is a strong cultural proximity, a single universe divided by a border.

4. Emerald Fennell:

   There's nothing in it that isn't extremely commonplace, i'm much more interested in our culture and thinking, how are we all part of this awful knot that we need to unpick ?

5. Rhys Jones:

   Failed deliveries are commonplace, inconveniencing citizens, holding back the operations of both businesses and government, and raising the cost of deliveries.

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