4. (Music, other) music a part of the action of a clavichord consisting of a small piece of metal that strikes the string to produce a note. 5. on a tangent at a tangent on a completely different or divergent course, esp of thought: to go off at a tangent.
Synonyms: clichÃ©, bromide, platitude, truism. These nouns denote an expression or idea that has lost its originality or force through overuse: a short story weakened by clichÃ©s; the bromide that we are what we eat; a eulogy full of platitudes; a once-original thought that is now a truism.
an idea or expression that has been used by many people ended his letter with the overused truism, âYou can't win them all!â Synonyms banality, bromide, chestnut, clichÃ© (also cliche), groaner, homily, platitude, shibboleth, trope, commonplaceRelated Words conventional wisdom, party line, routine; inanity; generality, generalization, simplification ...