What does old-hat mean?

old-hat means "repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in old-hat?

old-hat has 2 syllables: old--hat. The stress falls on "old-".

What is another word for old-hat?

Close synonyms include banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is old-hat a common word?

old-hat is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

old-hat — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
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'”
Synonymsbanal commonplace hackneyed shopworn stock threadbare timeworn tired trite well-worn
Similarunoriginal
2.
out of fashion
“a suit of rather antique appearance”
“demode (or outmoded) attire”
“outmoded ideas”
Synonymsantique demode ex old-fashioned outmoded passe passee
Similarunfashionable

Questions about old-hat

What does old-hat mean?: old-hat means "repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in old-hat?: old-hat has 2 syllables: old--hat. The stress falls on "old-".
What is another word for old-hat?: Close synonyms include banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is old-hat a common word?: old-hat is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for old-hat come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
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'”
Synonymsbanal commonplace hackneyed shopworn stock threadbare timeworn tired trite well-worn
Similarunoriginal
2.
out of fashion
“a suit of rather antique appearance”
“demode (or outmoded) attire”
“outmoded ideas”
Synonymsantique demode ex old-fashioned outmoded passe passee
Similarunfashionable

Questions about old-hat

What does old-hat mean?: old-hat means "repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in old-hat?: old-hat has 2 syllables: old--hat. The stress falls on "old-".
What is another word for old-hat?: Close synonyms include banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is old-hat a common word?: old-hat is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for old-hat come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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