Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse:
— Hackneyed phrases.

synonyms: banal, commonplace, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn.

Roget 490: knowing etc. v.; cognitive; acroamatic^†.    aware of, cognizant of, conscious of; acquainted with, made acquainted with; privy to, no stranger to; au fait with, au courant; in the secret; up to, alive to; behind the scenes, behind the curtain; let into; apprized of, informed of; undeceived.    proficient with, versed with, read with, forward with, strong with, at home in; conversant with, familiar with.    erudite, instructed, leaned, lettered, educated; well conned, well informed, well read, well grounded, well educated; enlightened, shrewd, savant, blue, bookish, scholastic, solid, profound, deep-read, book-learned; accomplished etc. (skillful) 698; omniscient; self-taught.    known etc. v.; ascertained, well-known, recognized, received, notorious, noted; proverbial; familiar, familiar as household words, familiar to every schoolboy; hackneyed, trite, trivial, commonplace.    cognoscible^†, cognizable.    ... show more

Roget 698: skillful, dexterous, adroit, expert, apt, handy, quick, deft, ready, gain; slick, smart etc. (active) 682; proficient, good at, up to, at home in, master of, a good hand at, au fait, thoroughbred, masterly, crack, accomplished; conversant etc. (knowing) 490.    experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed; up in, well up in; in practice, in proper cue; competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished.    clever, cute, able, ingenious, felicitous, gifted, talented, endowed; inventive etc. 515; shrewd, sharp, on the ball etc. (intelligent) 498; cunning etc. 702; alive to, up to snuff, not to be caught with chaff; discreet.    neat-handed, fine-fingered, nimble-fingered, ambidextrous, sure-footed; cut out for, fitted for.    technical, artistic, scientific, daedalian^†, shipshape; workman-like, business-like, statesman-like.    ... show more

Roget 613: habitual; accustomary^†; prescriptive, accustomed etc. v.; of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence; consuetudinary^†; wonted, usual, general, ordinary, common, frequent, everyday, household, garden variety, jog, trot; well-trodden, well-known; familiar, vernacular, trite, commonplace, conventional, regular, set, stock, established, stereotyped; prevailing, prevalent; current, received, acknowledged, recognized, accredited; of course, admitted, understood.    conformable.    etc. 82; according to use, according to custom, according to routine; in vogue, in fashion, in, with it; fashionable etc. (genteel) 852.    wont; used to, given to, addicted to, attuned to, habituated etc. v.; in the habit of; habitue; at home in etc. (skillful) 698; seasoned; imbued with; devoted to, wedded to.    hackneyed, fixed, rooted, deep-rooted, ingrafted^†, permanent, inveterate, besetting; naturalized; ingrained etc. (intrinsic) 5.    ... show more

Polish: banalny