Clich-e Definition
noun
Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. [from 19th c.]
Kidnapping the love interest during a film is a bit of a cliché.
Wiktionary
(printing) A stereotype (printing plate).
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- chestnut
- hackneyed expression
- hackneyed phrase
- vapidity
- staleness
- triviality
- stereotype
- bromide
- proverb
- banality
- threadbare phrase
- tired phrase
- old-saw
- saw
- trite remark
