same old

ADJECTIVE

customary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accepted traditional

WEAK

according to Hoyle accustomed acknowledged by the numbers chronic common confirmed conventional established everyday familiar fashionable frequent general habitual household in a rut in the groove normal ordinary orthodox playing it safe popular prescriptive recognized regular regulation routine sop standard standard operating procedure stipulated understood universal wonted

Antonyms

WEAK

abnormal different irregular occasional rare sometime unusual

Example Sentences

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My reaction was this: “Not this same old yarn again.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Absent that, the same old worries will return, exacerbated by the fact that the conflict is nearing the one-month mark.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

"People are tired of the same old faces. They want to see a generational contest between the Gen Z and the group of older politicians from the 1990s."

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

When he discovered black beans, he found them downright exotic—inky, fudgy, definitely not the same old pintos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

“But just because he’s going to keep doing things the same old way doesn’t mean I have to.”

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

same old

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