Synonyms for dime-a-dozen
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dahym |
| Phonetic Transcription : daɪm |
Top 10 synonyms for dime-a-dozen Other synonyms for the word dime-a-dozen
- boiler plate
- characterless
- clichéd
- colorless
- conventional
- corny
- dime-a-dozen
- familiar tune
- garden variety
- hackneyed
- lowly
- matter-of-course
- mediocre
- middle-of-the-road
- natural
- ordinary
- pedestrian
- plebeian
- prosaic
- run-of-the-mill
- stale
- starch
- stereotyped
- threadbare
- trite
- uneventful
- unexceptional
- uninteresting
- unnoteworthy
- vanilla
- widespread
- workaday
- worn-out
Définition of dime-a-dozen
Origin :- chosen 1786 as name for U.S. 10 cent coin, from dime "a tenth, tithe" (late 14c.), from Old French disme (Modern French dîme) "a tenth part," from Latin decima (pars) "tenth (part)," from decem "ten" (see ten).
- The verb meaning "to inform" (on someone) is 1960s, from the then-cost of a pay phone call. A dime a dozen "almost worthless" first recorded 1930. Phrase stop on a dime attested by 1954 (a dime being the physically smallest unit of U.S. currency).
- As in commonplace : adj usual, everyday
Antonyms for dime-a-dozen
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