Noun: cliché klee'shey or kli'shey [N. Amer], 'klee,shey [Brit]- A trite or obvious remark
"His speech was full of clichés about hard work and perseverance";
- platitude, banality, commonplace, bromide
Derived forms: clichés
Type of: comment, input, remark, truism
Encyclopedia: Cliché