WORKHORSES Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

workhorses

noun

plural of workhorse

as in warhorses

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Noun

The race at Sepang saw old warhorses Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton show their class in challenging conditions.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 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

In the previous decades, Japan had brought in many Korean, Chinese, and Taiwanese laborers, often under duress, to work in factories and mines, usually in atrocious conditions.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, $12 million will go to a fund supporting out-of-work entertainment industry laborers.

— Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of laborers

Noun

To reach its pricing target, Ambrosia has focused on simplifying equipment, including solar mounts and battery packs.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Mounting the HomeView to a wall requires a specific model that only comes in two (instead of four) colors, space gray and silver, and paying extra (starting at $60) for the wall mounts, which Schneider Home made.

— Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of mounts

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Given the firm grip of Elvis' manager, Colonel Tom Parker, his label RCA and song pluggers at Hill and Range Music Publishers, getting Elvis into Moman's studio proved a challenge.

— Bob Mehr, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 17 Aug. 2026
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

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Defense Undersecretary Emil Michael, a task force vice chair, will lead an effort to develop protocols for labs to tell the government about breaches, hacks and other cyber issues.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Creators are also touting tailoring hacks, such as taking in waistbands, that are combined with thrifting basic essentials (t-shirts, knits and belt adjusters).

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of hacks

Noun

Conflict-of-interest rules may bar some workers and their families from holding certain stocks; the Treasury has moved to ban ESG funds from accounts, but there’s no way for people to keep certain stocks out of their kids’ accounts.

— Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
His father, Amin Mia, 26, said no health workers came to their remote village in Sylhet to offer vaccinations in time.

— Reuters, NBC news, 19 Oct. 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

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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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