THREADBARE Synonyms

• having lost freshness or brilliance of color

• reduced in strength

• worn away or tattered along the edges

• (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

• of long duration; not new

• past times

• of a very early stage in development

• (used for emphasis) very familiar

• skilled through long experience

• belonging to some prior time

• excellent

• just preceding something else in time or order

• being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn

• worn out from stress or strain

• having an irregular outline

• showing signs of wear and tear

• mean and unworthy and despicable

• worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing

• ruined or disrupted

• affected by wear; damaged by long use

• showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

• used until no longer useful

• drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted

• the process of gradually becoming inferior

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• the organic phenomenon of rotting

• an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying

• the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• fall into decay or ruin

• undergo decay or decomposition

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

• a trite or obvious remark

• completely ordinary and unremarkable

• not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

• out of fashion

• worn or faded from being on display in a store

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

• the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)

• the merchandise that a shop has on hand

• the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun

• a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation

• a supply of something available for future use

• the hereditary derivation of an individual

• a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

• liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces

• the reputation and popularity a person has

• persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant

• a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants

• any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers

• any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia

• lumber used in the construction of something

• the handle end of some implements or tools

• an ornamental white cravat

• any animals kept for use or profit

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

• routine

• regularly and widely used or sold

• have on hand

• equip with a stock

• supply with fish

• supply with livestock

• amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use

• provide or furnish with a stock of something

• put forth and grow sprouts or shoots

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

• depleted of strength or energy

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

• showing signs of much wear or use

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse