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cookie-cutter

adj · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having a similar appearance or seeming identical; created by some standard or common means, often with the implication that the result is common, boring, or not applicable to all needs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, figuratively, often

Examples

  • The subdivision was nothing but row after row of cookie-cutter houses.
  • I don't think a cookie-cutter solution will work in all cases.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cookie-cuttered, cookie-cutterish

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative form of cookie cutter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, attributive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To produce, design, or approach something in a formulaic, mass-produced or unoriginal manner, often ensuring all the outputs are identical.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, transitive, uncommon

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

having the same appearance (as if mass-produced)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a suburb of cookie-cutter houses

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: gietvormig — looking or seeming identical
  • Dutch: doorsnee — looking or seeming identical
  • Dutch: standaard — looking or seeming identical
  • Dutch: modelvormig — looking or seeming identical
  • German: nullachtfünfzehn — looking or seeming identical
  • German: schablonenhaft — looking or seeming identical
  • German: schablonenartig — looking or seeming identical
  • German: gleichförmig — looking or seeming identical
  • Polish: szablonowy — looking or seeming identical
  • Polish: sztampowy — looking or seeming identical
  • Russian: шаблонный (šablonnyj) — looking or seeming identical