tried and true

Questions about tried and true

What is another word for tried and true?

It depends which tried and true you mean. In the sense “tested and proved to be reliable”, the synonyms are tested, time-tested, tried. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of tried and true?

WordNet records no antonym for tried and true. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for tried and true come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of tried and true

• Full entry for tried and trueAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for tried and trueWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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