bromide

nounCommon GRE wordMore B words

a trite, unoriginal remark intended to soothe or console

In a sentence

Bromide in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing bromide in a sentence.

The manager offered the usual bromides about teamwork instead of a real plan.

Synonyms

Antonyms

insightoriginality

Keep going

marked by riotous, unrestrained revelry and drunken festivity

to pester or harass someone persistently

light, playful, and witty banter

to confuse or perplex thoroughly

threatening harm or menacing in a sinister way

to hesitate or refuse to proceed with something

to swell or puff out, or to increase rapidly in amount or size

lacking originality and so dull or commonplace

Common questions

Bromide (noun) means a trite, unoriginal remark intended to soothe or console

Here is bromide used in an example sentence: "The manager offered the usual bromides about teamwork instead of a real plan."

Common synonyms for bromide include platitude, cliche, truism, banality.

Antonyms of bromide include insight, originality.

Bromide is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.