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Definitions

trite

[trahyt] / traɪt /
ADJECTIVE
silly, commonplace
Synonyms
STRONGEST
banal corny dull hackneyed
WEAK
bathetic bromidic chain cliché clichéd common cornball drained exhausted familiar tune flat hokey jejune mildewed moth-eaten musty old hat ordinary pedestrian platitudinous prosaic ready-made routine run-of-the-mill set shopworn stale stereotyped stock threadbare timeworn tired uninspired unoriginal used-up vapid warmed-over well-worn worn worn-out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fresh new original
WEAK
desirable important impressive pertinent relevant uncommon

Example Sentences

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Your friend will find something else; she doesn’t need a trite saying to confirm that.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

Mr. Guadagnino also indulges a couple of speeches about young people’s alleged hypersensitivity that veer into trite middle-aged lament and aren’t really relevant to the action.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

It’s a gag that’s funny five times and trite by the sixth, only to round back toward something warm and amiable by the final time it appears.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2025

Only 7 herself at the time of filming, she has none of those trite child-actor tics like over-mannered naivete or phony cheek.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

“Plenty of fish in the sea” was too trite.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.