Meanings
comparative more time-honored · superlative most time-honored · alternative time-honoured
- USHonored because of great age, or long usage.
It would have been a great privilege to be the mistress of an old time-honoured mansion, to call oaks and elms her own, to know that acres of gardens were submitted to her caprices, to look at herds of cows and oxen, and be aware that they lowed on her own pastures.
1869 May, Anthony Trollope, “The Honourable Mr. Glascock”, in He Knew He Was Right, volume I, London: Strahan and Company, […], →OCLC, page 107
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveacceptable for a long time, or having a long history
adjectivehonored because of age or long usage
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish kunnianarvoisa, koeteltu
- kunnianarvoisahonored because of age or long usage
- koeteltuhonored because of age or long usage
- perinteikäshonored because of age or long usage
Polish uświęcony tradycją
- uświęcony tradycjąhonored because of age or long usage
Portuguese consagrado pelo uso, consagrado pelo tempo
- consagrado pelo usohonored because of age or long usage
- consagrado pelo tempohonored because of age or long usage
Swedish beprövad
- beprövadhonored because of age or long usage
Cite this entry
time-honored. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time-honored
“time-honored.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time-honored. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “time-honored,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time-honored.
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