trojan horse

Questions about trojan horse

What is another word for trojan horse?

It depends which trojan horse you mean. In the sense “a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst”, the synonyms are fifth column. Across all 3 senses 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 trojan horse?

WordNet records no antonym for trojan horse. 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.

Why are the synonyms for trojan horse split into groups?

Because trojan horse carries 3 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for trojan horse 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 trojan horse

• Full entry for trojan horseAll 3 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for trojan horseWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.