workhorses

noun

plural of workhorse
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as in warhorses

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as in laborers

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workhorses
  1. warhorses
  2. laborers
  3. mounts
  4. pluggers
  5. hacks
  6. workers
  7. chargers
  8. foot soldiers
Noun
  • The two old warhorses spent six years together at Madrid and won four Champions League titles.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • Perhaps most notably, the annual opera program will divert from the Pacific Symphony’s traditional Verdi and Puccini Italian operatic warhorses.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Definition of warhorses
Noun
  • Activists suspect that Flock’s data has been used to plan immigration raids, which frequently target hardware store parking lots where migrant day-laborers often wait for work.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The White miners drove hundreds of other Chinese laborers out of the town.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of laborers
Noun
  • Related Stories Also revealed in the trailer are Chocobo mounts, a grappling hook and the new Summon Typhon and open-world exploration via parachute.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Frustration mounts as families seek answers The reward in Carlow’s case was increased to $25,000 in July, up from $10,000.
    — Sarah Raza, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of mounts
Noun
  • Unfortunately for Jorgensen, just about every Big Ten roster has a post player like Fielder — long, quick pluggers with a hard elbow in your ribs and a soft touch at the rim.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026
Definition of pluggers
Noun
  • At their worst, these cooking hacks produce an inferior result without being much easier than the original method.
    — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Shop more under-$20 lighting hacks below, including a set of $8 puck lights, elegant night-lights, and an easy lighting solution for video conferencing.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of hacks
Noun
  • Their crabs are steamed, frozen and packed into boxes to be shipped to Sri Lanka, where workers remove the meat by hand.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The payrolls processing firm said firms added 38,000 workers, fewer than the upwardly revised 46,000 in July and below the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 47,000.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of workers
Noun
  • Anker, arguably the king of phone chargers, created a compact, wireless, magnetic backup charger for your iPhone.
    — Carlos Mejia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
  • These new chargers from Ugreen are aimed at MacBook Air and Neo owners who want a power charger with a little more power.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Definition of chargers
Noun
  • But the current Sinaloa turf war—la narcopandemia, locals call it—has created new categories of victims, far from the foot soldiers and hit men targeted in previous spasms of violence.
    — Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Before the whole scene of domestic bliss is cut short, Cruz and Josie discuss their looming irrelevance as human foot soldiers in a future of wars fought by machines, finding brief solace in each other’s out-of-uniform bodies.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of foot soldiers
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“Workhorses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workhorses. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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