Meaning of commonplace

com•mon•place

1. ordinary; undistinguished or uninteresting; without individuality: a commonplace person.
2. trite; hackneyed; platitudinous: a commonplace remark.

1. a well-known, customary, or obvious remark; a trite or uninteresting saying.
2. anything common, ordinary, or uninteresting.
3. a place or passage in a book or writing noted as important for reference or quotation.