threadbare

threadbare is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes.
2. adjective. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations.
3. adjective. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

   "bromidic sermons"

   "his remarks were trite and commonplace"

   Synonyms: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock, timeworn, tired, trite

4. adjective. having the nap worn away so that the threads show through

   "threadbare rugs"

Synonyms

banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock, timeworn, tired, trite

Common word forms

threadbareness

Words from these letters

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