Definition of Threadbare

Adjective

• having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
  "threadbare rugs"
  
• 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'"
  banal commonplace hackneyed - old hat shopworn stock timeworn tired trite - well worn

Word games points for the Threadbare

• Scrabble® score of the threadbare (16)
• Word Chums® score of the threadbare (17)
• Words With Friends® score of the threadbare (16)

Unscramble threadbare

354 unscramble word found using the letters threadbare.

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