WORKHORSE Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

workhorse

noun

Definition of workhorse

as in warhorse

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as in laborer

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Recent Examples of workhorse The versatile workhorse is ideal for a variety of cooking needs, like braising short ribs, simmering soups, roasting whole chickens, and slow-cooking lentils. — Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2026 With their slip-on style and minimalist design, these sandals are about to be your summer wardrobe workhorse. — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2026 Ahead, interior designers break down the must-haves that make a mudroom the organizational workhorse of the home. — Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 4 July 2026 Volatile, quarrelsome, dogmatic, and sure of his own brilliance, Reinhold outraged patrons, amassed huge debts, and turned his eldest son into an exhausted workhorse. — Jenny Uglow, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for workhorse

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Noun

The two old warhorses spent six years together at Madrid and won four Champions League titles.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
Strange but true; there could be a little more life in this old warhorse yet.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 June 2026

Definition of warhorse

Noun

After traveling a mile or two, the packhorses settled down, pretty much satisfied with their places.

— Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
In 1811 Charles’s 21-year-old father loaded a white stallion and a packhorse with baskets of Champagne and set off for Moscow, nearly 2,000 miles away.

— Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021

Definition of packhorse

Noun

Since ’18-19, the winger has served valiantly as a bottom-6 high motor, a plugger who refuses to downshift during big moments.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
This tablet rocks up to 13 hours of battery life which is helpful to keep your kids engaged and attentive without constantly being asked where the plugger is.

— PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025

Definition of plugger

Noun

People still can pool together resources with friends to buy a racehorse for $10,000 and see what happens.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
Sometimes that means being the one to say no — to the racehorse, the castle in Scotland, the vintage Ferrari.

— Claudia Rosenbaum, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

Definition of racehorse

Noun

The device also comes with a wireless remote and a tiny magnetic microphone that clips onto your clothing using a magnetic mount.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 29 July 2026
Critics have long urged the British government to pull the plug on the Islamic Center’s operation as pressure mounts on the new prime minister, Andy Burnham, to act against Iranian regime apparatus in the country.

— Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of mount

Noun

Search and rescue efforts included nearby residents, emergency services, healthcare workers, security personnel and an expert team from the local disaster prevention office, per the BBC.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, a 41-year-old migrant being held at the Delaney Hall detention center, was pronounced dead on Saturday by medical workers at University Hospital in Newark, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement Monday.

— Alex Stambaugh, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

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