Synonyms of one-horse

one-horse

adjective

as in jerkwater

Related Words

• jerkwater
• unimportant
• small
• trifling
• insignificant
• inconsiderable
• trivial
• frivolous
• foolish
• small-fry
• minor
• incidental
• little
• worthless
• Mickey Mouse
• nugatory
• inconsequential
• small-time
• petty
• negligible
• fiddling
• slight
• nickel-and-dime
• minute
• anonymous
• paltry
• nameless
• unknown
• obscure
• uncelebrated

Dissimilar Words

• major
• big
• substantial
• important
• significant
• dominant
• eventful
• meaningful
• fatal
• principal
• chief
• momentous
• weighty
• decisive
• consequential
• prominent
• fateful
• material
• remarkable
• impressive
• worthy
• valuable
• distinctive
• overbearing
• overriding
• outstanding
• great
• worthwhile
• eminent
• illustrious
• unfrivolous
• exceptional
• distinguished
• famous
• prestigious
• overmastering
• basic
• notorious
• fundamental
• essential
• renowned
• preeminent
• key
• all-important

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of one-horse

By the end of my life, there may be no one left who speaks like my father outside the hollers and the one-horse towns. — Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026

This week's Far-Flung Postcard series takes you to a food stand in the one-horse town of Marikavalasa in India, where working women go to enjoy a treat and unwind in the evening before returning to the grind. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 11 Dec. 2025

If either achieves even half the cadence and reliability of Falcon 9, the private space industry will finally move from a one-horse race to a true competition. — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025

But, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, this isn't a one-horse race. — Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025