'well-worn' definitions:
Definition of 'well-worn'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Showing signs of much wear or use
adjective
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'" [syn: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn]
Synonyms of 'well-worn'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- automatic,
- back-number,
- banal,
- bare,
- beaten,
- bewhiskered,
- bromidic,
- common,
- commonplace,
- constant,
- corny,
- cut-and-dried,
- deep-worn,
- dog-eared,
- fade,
- familiar,
- frequent,
- fusty,
- habitual,
- hackney,
- hackneyed,
- moth-eaten,
- musty,
- old hat,
- persistent,
- platitudinous,
- recurrent,
- recurring,
- regular,
- repetitive,
- routine,
- sere,
- set,
- shelfworn,
- shopworn,
- square,
- stale,
- stereotyped,
- stock,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- trite,
- truistic,
- unoriginal,
- warmed-over,
- well-known,
- well-trodden,
- worn,
- worn ragged,
- worn thin,
- worn to rags,
- worn to threads,
- worn-down