Threadbare

What do we mean by threadbare?

Having the nap worn down so that the filling or warp threads show through; frayed or shabby. adjective

Wearing old, shabby clothing. adjective

Overused to the point of being worn out; hackneyed. adjective

Having the thread bare; worn so that the nap is lost and the thread is visible, either wholly or in certain parts: said of a piece of textile fabric, as in a garment, or of the garment itself.

Wearing threadbare clothes; shabby; seedy.

Well-worn; much used; hence, hackneyed; trite: as, a threadbare jest.

Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. adjective

Fig.: Worn out adjective

Shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show adjective

Wearing clothes of threadbare material adjective

Banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed adjective

Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse adjective

Having the nap worn away so that the threads show through adjective

(of cloth) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show

Damaged or shabby

(of a person) wearing clothes of threadbare material

Banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed

Words that are spelled similarly to threadbare:
threadbare.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word threadbare:
clothes, plot, squad, clothing, characters, review.

Words that rhyme with threadbare:
bear, care, air, flare, tear, fair, chair, wear, square, fare, share, despair, there, hair, bare, spare, aware, healthcare, pair, where, software, rare, dare, compare, welfare, flair, hare, swear, pear, ware, their, affair, repair, declare, ere, hardware, err, prayer, heir, impair, stare, mare, pare, prepare, bair, lair, glare, snare, daycare, scare, warfare, questionnaire, debonair, nowhere, faire, laissez faire, nightmare, mer, childcare, fanfare, dispair, forebear, beware, everywhere, health care, solitaire, aer, unfair, ensnare, extraordinaire, lare, malware, eyre, unaware, blare, stair, thoroughfare, claire, anywhere, blair, clair, forswear, underwear, elsewhere, guerre, footwear, cookware, gare, cher, doctrinaire, armchair, medicare, mohair, millionaire, altair, terre, delaware, airfare, day care, earthenware.

Adjectives that are often used to describe threadbare:
little, most, old, own, more, long, blue, nigh, single, foreign, rankest, welcome, whole, beaten, sham, lowest, pretty, coloured, loosest.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective threadbare:
coat, clothes, carpet, suit, cloak, jacket, rug, garments, clothing, blanket, overcoat, sail, coats, shirt, dress, subject, gown, trousers, carpets, garment, sofa, couch, blankets, cloth, robe, uniform, theme, uniforms, argument, towel, jeans, rugs, arguments, condition, story, suits, cassock, phrases, topic, appearance, velvet, shawl, fabric, curtains, patches, pants, existence, room, rags, sleeve, sweater, strains, towels, cloaks, phrase, lie, material, excuse, garb, furniture, tunic, device, poverty, shirts, morality, carpeting, robes, discussion, joke, plot, chair, cap, jackets, cliches, chairs, curtain, overcoats, mantle, spots, apparel, quilt, themes, elegance, livery, quality, look, collar, knees, patch, attire, jokes, piece, sheets, armchair.

Words that sound like threadbare:
threadbare, threader, third power, the bear, thready, throbber, three bears, fruit bar, fred perry, theodore, threaded, threading, the door, thermidor, the bar, threatener, third gear, third year, third-year, threaden, thread, threads, 3d, thresher, red hair, 3-d, third base, thurber, three days, thirstier, free beer, great bear, redberry, threaders, three d, red berry, thread blight.