Thesaurus / commonplace
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Teachers and faculty were experimenting with now commonplace consumer technologies like speech recognition and virtual reality to create immersive learning experiences.
WHY HASN’T DIGITAL LEARNING LIVED UP TO ITS PROMISE?WALTER THOMPSONSEPTEMBER 17, 2020TECHCRUNCH
Temperature checks are commonplace in Turkey and many other countries, and are quickly becoming more popular in the US.
DO TEMPERATURE CHECKS FOR COVID-19 WORK?ANNABELLE TIMSITSEPTEMBER 16, 2020QUARTZ
Today, gliding is so commonplace, we do not ask ourselves what’s happening when an airplane glides or, for that matter, when a helicopter does.
THE SCIENCE BEHIND HOW AN AIRCRAFT GLIDESBY PETER GARRISON/FLYING MAGSEPTEMBER 3, 2020POPULAR SCIENCE
Such systems may seem commonplace today within e-commerce, but they form the very backbone of digital health companies.
WHY AN AMAZON AND AIRBNB VET JOINED A DIGITAL HEALTH COMPANY THAT WANTS TO SLASH DRUG PRICESSY MUKHERJEEAUGUST 24, 2020FORTUNE
Even after e-commerce became commonplace, many luxury companies remained cautious about jumping into digital sales.
COVID-19 IS PLUNGING OLD-FASHION LUXURY BRANDS INTO THE DIGITAL AGEMARC BAINJULY 29, 2020QUARTZ
My memory is well stored, but unfortunately I have never kept a diary or commonplace book of any kind.
The little foolish words, so sweetly commonplace, fell like balm upon an open wound.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
Behind the commonplace sentences, the hidden wordless Play also drew on towards its Curtain.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
Well, under the mask of bonhomie, which made me believe him to be a worthy man, was concealed the most commonplace nature.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKY
Like other commonplace mortals, however, my instincts fight for the only solution of happiness I know anything about.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
WORDS RELATED TO COMMONPLACE
- antiquated
- banal
- common
- commonplace
- conventional
- corny
- everyday
- familiar tune
- hokey
- moth-eaten
- obsolete
- old
- old-chestnut
- old-hat
- old-saw
- out-of-date
- outdated
- outmoded
- overworked
- pedestrian
- played-out
- quotidian
- run-of-the-mill
- stale
- stereotyped
- stock
- threadbare
- timeworn
- tripe
- trite
- unoriginal
- well-worn
- worn-out
- base
- beggarly
- common
- commonplace
- contemptible
- humdrum
- ignoble
- inglorious
- insignificant
- little
- low
- low-born
- low-ranking
- lowly
- meager
- mean
- measly
- menial
- miserable
- modest
- obscure
- ordinary
- paltry
- petty
- pitiful
- plebeian
- proletarian
- puny
- rough
- scrubby
- seemly
- servile
- severe
- shabby
- simple
- small
- sordid
- trivial
- unassuming
- uncouth
- underprivileged
- undistinguished
- unfit
- unimportant
- unpretentious
- unrefined
- vulgar
- wretched
- base
- beggarly
- common
- commonplace
- contemptible
- humdrum
- ignoble
- inglorious
- insignificant
- little
- low
- low-born
- low-ranking
- lowly
- meager
- mean
- measly
- menial
- miserable
- modest
- obscure
- ordinary
- paltry
- petty
- pitiful
- plebeian
- proletarian
- puny
- rough
- scrubby
- seemly
- servile
- severe
- shabby
- simple
- small
- sordid
- trivial
- unassuming
- uncouth
- underprivileged
- undistinguished
- unfit
- unimportant
- unpretentious
- unrefined
- vulgar
- wretched
- anemic
- arid
- banal
- beige
- blah
- bland
- characterless
- colorless
- commonplace
- dead
- drab
- dry
- feeble
- flat
- ho-hum
- inane
- innocuous
- jejune
- lifeless
- limp
- mild
- mundane
- nebbish
- nothing
- ordinary
- plain
- pointless
- prosaic
- prosy
- slight
- soft
- spiritless
- stale
- stupid
- subdued
- tame
- tedious
- tenuous
- thin
- tired
- trite
- unimaginative
- vapid
- watery
- weak
- weariful
- wearisome
- wishy-washy
- average
- base
- baseborn
- cast down
- common
- commonplace
- docile
- dutiful
- everyday
- gentle
- humble
- ignoble
- low
- lowborn
- mean
- meek
- menial
- mild
- modest
- mundane
- obscure
- obsequious
- ordinary
- plebeian
- poor
- proletarian
- prosaic
- retiring
- reverential
- servile
- simple
- submissive
- subordinate
- unassuming
- unpretentious
- withdrawing
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.