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threadbare
Overview of adj threadbare
The adj threadbare has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn -- (repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'")
2. threadbare -- (having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs")
Antonyms of adj threadbare
2 senses of threadbare
Sense 1
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(prenominal), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
INDIRECT (VIA unoriginal) -> original
Sense 2
threadbare
INDIRECT (VIA worn) -> new
Similarity of adj threadbare
2 senses of threadbare
Sense 1
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(prenominal), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
=> unoriginal (vs. original)
Sense 2
threadbare
=> worn (vs. new)
Pertainyms of adj threadbare
Attributes of adj threadbare
Domain of adj threadbare
Domain Terms of adj threadbare
Familiarity of adj threadbare
threadbare used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj threadbare
threadbare
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