| Adj. | 1. | timeworn - 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'" Synonyms: hackneyed, old-hat, stock, threadbare, trite, well-worn, tired, shopworn, banal, commonplace |