well-worn

Questions about well-worn

What does well-worn mean?

well-worn means "showing signs of much wear or use". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in well-worn?

well-worn has 2 syllables and divides as well--worn under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for well-worn?

Close synonyms include banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn. 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 well-worn a common word?

well-worn 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.