tried and true

tried and true
Synonyms and related words:
acknowledged, admitted, blase, committed, confirmed, constant, conventional, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, customary, dedicated, dependable, devoted, established, experienced, faithful, faithworthy, fast, fixed, folk, hallowed, handed down, heroic, hoary, immemorial, incorruptible, inveterate, inviolable, knowing, legendary, long-established, long-standing, mature, matured, mythological, not born yesterday, of long standing, of the folk, old, oral, practiced, prescriptive, proved, proven, received, recognized, reliable, responsible, ripe, ripened, rooted, sagacious, seasoned, secure, sophisticated, staunch, steadfast, straight, sure, tested, time-honored, to be trusted, traditional, tried, TRUE, true-blue, trustable, trustworthy, trusty, understood, unfalse, unperfidious, untreacherous, unwritten, venerable, verified, veteran, world-wise, worldly, worldly-wise, worshipful

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  • tried-and-true — [adj] tested approved, certified, creditworthy, dependable, loyal, proved, proven, reliable, safe, tried, trustworthy, trusty; concept 535 …   New thesaurus

  • tried-and-true — tried′ and true′ adj. cvb tested and found to be reliable or workable …   From formal English to slang

  • tried-and-true — [trīd′ n tro͞o′] adj. proven by experience over time to be useful, effective, reliable, etc …   English World dictionary

  • tried-and-true — /truyd n trooh /, adj. tested and found to be reliable or workable. [1930 35] * * * tried and true «TRYD uhn TROO», adjective. tested and found to be true over a period of time; proven; dependable: »He believed in the tried and true American… …   Useful english dictionary

  • tried and true — adjective tested and proved to be reliable • Syn: ↑tested, ↑time tested, ↑tried • Similar to: ↑reliable, ↑dependable * * * adjective : proved good, desirable, or feasible …   Useful english dictionary

  • tried and true — adjective Well established and tested; known to work or succeed based on extensive experience. He liked to stick to tried and true methods in his garden. Syn: tried and tested …   Wiktionary

  • tried and true — tested and proven, reliable, true blue    When Sven chops wood, he uses a Sandvik axe. It s tried and true …   English idioms

  • tried-and-true — adjective Date: 1792 proved good, desirable, or feasible ; shown or known to be worthy < a tried and true sales technique > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tried-and-true — adj. Tried and true is used with these nouns: ↑method …   Collocations dictionary

  • tried and true — ► tried and tested (or true) having proved effective or reliable before. Main Entry: ↑try …   English terms dictionary

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