old story

NOUN

cliché

Synonyms

WEAK

adage banality boiler plate bromide buzzword chestnut commonplace corn counterword familiar tune motto platitude potboiler prosaism proverb saying shibboleth slogan stale saying stereotype threadbare phrase trite remark triteness triviality truism vapid expression

NOUN

platitude

Synonyms

STRONGEST

banality bromide

STRONG

buzzword chestnut commonplace corn evenness flatness hokum inanity insipidity monotony motto potboiler proverb saw shibboleth stereotype tag triteness triviality truism vapidity verbiage

WEAK

boiler plate cliché familiar tune hackneyed saying high camp old chestnut prosaicism trite remark

Antonyms

WEAK

coinage nuance

Example Sentences

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It is an old story: Demagogues corrupt the people around them.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

"How do I sum this up? Same old story," said Slot after the game.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

“Whenever you tell an old story, you change it, sometimes on purpose and sometimes in ways you don’t exactly control,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Same old story or have England improved under Edwards?

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

Thanks to the odd exchange with Raven earlier that day, she knew The Gold-Bug was an old story of Edgar Allan Poe’s.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

old story

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