'Time-honored' definitions:
Definition of 'time-honored'
From: WordNet
adjective
Acceptable for a long time; "time-honored customs" [syn: time-honored, time-honoured]
adjective
Honored because of age or long usage; "time-honored institutions" [syn: time-honored, time-honoured]
Definition of 'Time-honored'
From: GCIDE
- Time-honored \Time"-hon`ored\ (t[imac]m"[o^]n`[~e]rd), a. Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason of antiquity, or long continuance. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'time-honored'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accepted,
- acknowledged,
- admitted,
- age-old,
- august,
- awe-inspiring,
- awesome,
- awful,
- conformable,
- consuetudinary,
- conventional,
- current,
- customary,
- dreadful,
- established,
- estimable,
- everyday,
- familiar,
- fixed,
- folk,
- generally accepted,
- habitual,
- hallowed,
- handed down,
- heroic,
- hoary,
- honorable,
- honored,
- immemorial,
- inveterate,
- legendary,
- long-established,
- long-standing,
- mythological,
- normal,
- obtaining,
- of long standing,
- of the folk,
- oral,
- ordinary,
- popular,
- prescribed,
- prescriptive,
- prevalent,
- received,
- recognized,
- regular,
- regulation,
- respected,
- revered,
- reverend,
- rooted,
- set,
- standard,
- stock,
- traditional,
- tried and true,
- true-blue,
- understood,
- unwritten,
- usual,
- venerable,
- venerated,
- widespread,
- wonted,
- worshipful