well worn

adjective

1 a well-worn leather armchair:

shabby, scruffy, battered, worn, old, thin, threadbare, worn out, holey, moth-eaten, mangy, ragged, frayed, tattered, falling apart at the seams, in shreds, in tatters, falling to pieces, decrepit, having seen better days;

informal tatty, ratty, the worse for wear;

North American, informal raggedy, raggedy-ass;

Australian, informal warby;

rare out at elbows.

▷antonyms pristine.

2 a well-worn argument:

stale, hackneyed, clichéd, stock, trite, banal, worn out, timeworn, threadbare, hoary, tired, overused, obsolete, antiquated, old;

informal played out, clapped out, hacky, old hat.

▷antonyms novel.