Antonyms for old chestnuts
| Grammar : Noun |
Definition of old chestnuts
- As in platitude : noun dull, overused saying
- As in banality : noun common saying
- As in fable : noun fantasy, story
- As in anecdote : noun interesting or amusing story
Synonyms for old chestnuts
- adage
- allegory
- apologue
- banality
- bestiary
- boiler
- boiler plate
- bromide
- bunk
- buzzword
- chestnut
- cliché
- commonplace
- corn
- crock
- dullsville
- episode
- evenness
- fabrication
- fairy story
- fairy tale
- falsehood
- familiar tune
- fantasy
- fib
- fiction
- figment
- fish story
- flatness
- gag
- hackneyed saying
- high camp
- hogwash
- hokum
- inanity
- incident
- insipidity
- invention
- legend
- lie
- long and short of it
- monotony
- motto
- myth
- narration
- narrative
- old chestnut
- old saw
- old story
- one for the birds
- parable
- plate
- platitude
- potboiler
- prosaicism
- prosaism
- proverb
- recital
- relation
- reminiscence
- romance
- saw
- shibboleth
- short story
- sketch
- stereotype
- tag
- tale
- tall story
- tall tale
- trite phrase
- trite remark
- triteness
- trivia
- triviality
- truism
- untruth
- vapidity
- verbiage
- white lie
- whopper
- yarn
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