time-honored

What does time-honored mean?

time-honored means "acceptable for a long time". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in time-honored?

time-honored has 4 syllables: time--ho-no-red. The stress falls on "ho".

What is another word for time-honored?

Close synonyms include time-honoured, time-honoured. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is time-honored a common word?

time-honored is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for time-honored come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.