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also cliche
as in stereotyped
used or heard so often as to be dull
a cliché tale of lust and betrayal among the fabulously rich
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variants
also cliche
as in generalization
an idea or expression that has been used by many people
try to write a love story without resorting to well-worn clichés
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Recent Examples of cliché
Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Normally, that’s one of the most overused cliches in sports.
—Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
Either way, Flagg's status will be a major storyline until at least Friday, when Duke first takes the floor in the Big Dance.
07:31 PM EDT
Breaking Down the Biggest NCAA Bracket Seeding Mistakes
As the cliche says, everybody makes mistakes from time to time.
—Joe Kozlowski, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Many of the cliches about this compact, one-club city hold true.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
But my money’s on Baker, one of the world’s finest filmmakers who tells stories about characters Hollywood so often turns into cliches and leaves behind.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
All the cliches about how hard he’s worked in the weight room and on the football field … his work in the classroom is even more impressive, if not equally impressive.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
Charli’s late collaborator Sophie hovered over the set in spirit, a producer in love with the emotional scale of pop while dissatisfied with its cliches.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Ditch the cliches to accelerate intimacy in new creative ways, like incorporating sensory experiences.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
However, the billionaire’s use of spending cliches to justify the approach was tough to argue with.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Normally, that’s one of the most overused cliches in sports.
—Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
Either way, Flagg's status will be a major storyline until at least Friday, when Duke first takes the floor in the Big Dance.
07:31 PM EDT
Breaking Down the Biggest NCAA Bracket Seeding Mistakes
As the cliche says, everybody makes mistakes from time to time.
—Joe Kozlowski, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Many of the cliches about this compact, one-club city hold true.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
But my money’s on Baker, one of the world’s finest filmmakers who tells stories about characters Hollywood so often turns into cliches and leaves behind.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
All the cliches about how hard he’s worked in the weight room and on the football field … his work in the classroom is even more impressive, if not equally impressive.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
Charli’s late collaborator Sophie hovered over the set in spirit, a producer in love with the emotional scale of pop while dissatisfied with its cliches.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Ditch the cliches to accelerate intimacy in new creative ways, like incorporating sensory experiences.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cliché
Adjective
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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
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Tragedies can be examined by those outside of its sphere of destruction, but the groundswell of feeling from Mexican viewers and critics is that there was little or no care taken to understand the cultural grief beyond stereotyped spectacle.—
Lucy Ford,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The intervention in the study is too short to make any generalizations about long-term health impacts, says Fryer.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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The American Kennel Club also reminded readers that these are generalizations, and that most dogs can be trained to live peacefully with cats.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Absorb punches until Trump tires himself out or, more likely, the American people get tired of all the chaos and disruption.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
20 Mar. 2025
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Selections from the trio’s synth-heavy mid-Eighties years sound sturdier than ever within the grand sweep of Rush 50, defying the tired rock-purist take that the trio strayed too far during this period.—
Hank Shteamer,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The film follows an ensemble of campers who are weary of platitudes about grief, and speak to one another from a place of radical honesty that is by turns heartbreaking and darkly hilarious, embracing irreverent humor as a cathartic means of self-expression.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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The members simply rounded up the usual suspects of platitudes.—
Vincent Turley,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The movie’s a little more hackneyed and obvious now, but its central idea is still an undeniably creepy one: possessed children with pitchforks.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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Which is a nauseatingly hackneyed and clichéd — not to mention stupefyingly reductive — type of statement to make about any kind of art or entertainment, of course.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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The truism has it that most great New York magazine editors come from away—from the West or the Midwest or across the Atlantic—and arrive with an ability to see what natives don’t.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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The episode, though, underscored the truism that the papacy is a matter of general public knowledge, interest and debate here, and that speculating about the pope’s current health and who might be next is a national pastime.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The series pokes fun at musical tropes and also has hilarious songs of its own.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Kirk has a history of making false and outlandish statements, echoing President Trump’s lies about the 2020 election being stolen, promoting antisemitic tropes and stoking racial discord, among other ingredients of his political celebrityhood.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
The Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Over time, investing in Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) or Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs), which serve traditionally underserved markets, has become commonplace.—
Brock Blake,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The mass protests that have become commonplace since October 7 are not so much against the military or war writ large, but in favor of a ceasefire deal to bring home hostages held in Gaza.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN,
24 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Cliché.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clich%C3%A9. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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