bromide

Plural: bromides

Noun

• A compound of bromine with another element or radical.
• any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
• a trite or obvious remark
• A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
• A dull person with conventional thoughts.
• A platitude.
• A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual appetite.
• A print made on bromide paper.

Examples

• My adviser at college was a bromide who had not had an original thought in years.
• She considered playing BROMIDE, but decided against adding a common, unexciting word to the board.
• We hoped the speech would include reassurances, but instead it was merely one bromide after another.

Synonyms

banality, cliche, commonplace, platitude, adage, apophthegm, apothegm, byword, dictum, gnome, gnomic saying, mantra, maxim, paroemia, proverb, saw, saying

Antonyms

sulphite