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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective tried and true has 1 sense

• tried and true(s = adj.all) tested, time-tested, tried - tested and proved to be reliable; Array

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tried and true

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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