| platitude(noun, dull, surprise, dullness, triviality) |
| proverb(noun, expression, saying, maxim) |
| maxim(noun, expression, saying, maxim) |
| commonplace(noun, dull, set, hard, flat) |
| banality(noun, idiom, dull, slang, common) |
| motto(noun, expression, saying, maxim) |
| adage(noun, expression, plate, saying, chestnut) |
| aphorism |
| bromide(noun, surprise, platitude) |
| slogan(noun, expression, saying) |
| hackneyed(dull, set, hard, flat, silly) |
| threadbare(adjective, dull, set, hard, flat) |
| trite(noun, adjective, dull, set, hard) |
| truism(noun, dull, truth, surprise, dullness) |
| catchword(noun, maxim) |
| idiom(slang, vernacular, vocabulary, argot, noun) |
| phrase(noun, phrase) |
| familiar tune(expression, dull, set, flat, silly) |
| shopworn(dull, set, hard, flat, silly) |
| stale(adjective, dull, set, hard, flat) |