Synonyms for cliché

Grammar : Noun

Spell : klee-shey, kli-

Phonetic Transcription : kliˈʃeɪ, klɪ-

Top 10 synonyms for cliché

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Définition of cliché

Origin : 1825, "electrotype, stereotype," from French cliché, a technical word in printer's jargon for "stereotype block," noun use of past participle of clicher "to click" (18c.), supposedly echoic of the sound of a mold striking molten metal. Figurative extension to "trite phrase, worn-out expression" is first attested 1888, following the course of stereotype. Related: Cliched (1928).

noun overused, hackneyed phrase

Example sentences :

Kennon winced at the cliche It was so ancient that it had lost all meaning.
Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone

The beautiful casts of the French medals known to all electrotypers as Cliche moulds are in the alloy No. 3.
Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

As the cliche goes, "With enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow."
Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow

They were molded in an old system, and could not change their cliche.
Extract from : « Now It Can Be Told » by Philip Gibbs

There is a cliche in nearly every line of the Athenæum's discriminating notice.
Extract from : « Books and Persons » by Arnold Bennett

First, Engraved plate or Cliche representing the ornament with which the edge is to be decorated.
Extract from : « The Progress of the Marbling Art » by Josef Halfer

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