trojan horse

Questions about trojan horse

What does trojan horse mean?

trojan horse means "a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for trojan horse?

Close synonyms include fifth column, trojan, Wooden Horse. 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 trojan horse a common word?

trojan horse 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.