tried and proven
1tried-and-true — [adj] tested approved, certified, creditworthy, dependable, loyal, proved, proven, reliable, safe, tried, trustworthy, trusty; concept 535 …
2tried-and-true — [trīd′ n tro͞o′] adj. proven by experience over time to be useful, effective, reliable, etc …
3tried-and-true — /truyd n trooh /, adj. tested and found to be reliable or workable. [1930 35] * * * tried and true «TRYD uhn TROO», adjective. tested and found to be true over a period of time; proven; dependable: »He believed in the tried and true American… …
4tried and trusted — ▶ adjective RELIABLE, dependable, trustworthy, trusted, certain, sure; proven, proved, tested, tried and tested, put to the test, established, fail safe; reputable. * * * ˌtried and ˈtested/ˈtrusted …
5tried and true — tested and proven, reliable, true blue When Sven chops wood, he uses a Sandvik axe. It s tried and true …
6tried and true — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. tried, tested, proven, proved, trustworthy, dependable, reliable, standing the test of time, reputable, *okay …
7tried and true — Synonyms and related words: acknowledged, admitted, blase, committed, confirmed, constant, conventional, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, customary, dedicated, dependable, devoted, established, experienced, faithful, faithworthy, fast, fixed, folk,… …
8tried — adj tried out, tested, put through one s or its paces, put to the test or through the wringer; time tested, having stood the test of time, put to the acid test; tried and true, true, proven, proved, sure, certain, Inf. all right, Inf. O.K.;… …
9proven — Synonyms and related words: ascertained, attested, authenticated, borne out, certified, circumstantiated, confirmed, corroborated, demonstrated, dependable, determined, established, faithworthy, fixed, incorruptible, inviolable, proved, reliable …
10tried — /traɪd / (say truyd) verb 1. past tense and past participle of try. –adjective 2. tested; proved; having sustained the tests of experience. –phrase 3. tried and true, proven by experience …
