warhorse

Other forms of warhorse

plural

warhorses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about warhorse

What does warhorse mean?

warhorse means "a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in warhorse?

warhorse has 2 syllables: war-horse. The stress falls on "war".

What is another word for warhorse?

Close synonyms include veteran, old-timer, oldtimer, old hand, old stager. 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 warhorse a common word?

warhorse 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.