time-honoured

What does time-honoured mean?

time-honoured 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-honoured?

time-honoured has 4 syllables: time--ho-nou-red. The stress falls on "ho".

What is another word for time-honoured?

Close synonyms include time-honored, time-honored. 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-honoured a common word?

time-honoured is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. 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-honoured come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.