He's a typical workhorse.
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Workhorse
//ˈwɜːkhɔːs//
Synonyms for "workhorse" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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7 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 18 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- işlək at noun (horse used primarily for work)
Bashkir
1 entries- эш аты noun (horse used primarily for work)
Danish
2 entries- arbejdshest noun (horse used primarily for work)
- arbejdshest noun (anyone that does a lot of work)
Dutch
2 entries- werkpaard noun (horse used primarily for work)
- werkpaard noun (anyone that does a lot of work)
Finnish
2 entries- työhevonen noun (horse used primarily for work)
- työjuhta noun (anyone that does a lot of work)
French
1 entries- bourreau de travail noun (anyone that does a lot of work)
German
2 entries- Arbeitspferd noun (horse used primarily for work)
- Arbeitstier noun (anyone that does a lot of work)
Hungarian
1 entries- igásló noun (horse used primarily for work)
Icelandic
3 entries- hamhleypa til vinnu noun (anyone that does a lot of work)
- klár noun (horse used primarily for work)
- víkingur til vinnu noun (anyone that does a lot of work)
Ingrian
1 entries- tööhepoin noun (horse used primarily for work)
Irish
1 entries- capall oibre noun (horse used primarily for work)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- arbeidshest noun (horse used primarily for work)
- arbeidshest noun (anyone that does a lot of work)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- arbeidshest noun (horse used primarily for work)
- arbeidshest noun (anyone that does a lot of work)
Polish
2 entries- koń roboczy noun (horse used primarily for work)
- wół roboczy noun (anyone that does a lot of work)
Romanian
1 entries- cal de tracțiune noun (horse used primarily for work)
Russian
4 entries- ломова́я ло́шадь noun (horse used primarily for work)
- ломова́я ло́шадь noun (anyone that does a lot of work)
- стаха́новец noun (anyone that does a lot of work)
- тя́гловая ло́шадь noun (horse used primarily for work)
Spanish
4 entries- caballo breteador noun (horse used primarily for work)
- caballo de tiro noun (horse used primarily for work)
- caballo trabajador noun (horse used primarily for work)
- chambeador noun (anyone that does a lot of work)
Swedish
1 entries- arbetshäst noun (horse used primarily for work)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose name I do not wish to recall, there lived not long ago a nobleman. To his name he had a lance in its sheath, an old leather buckler, a scrawny workhorse and a greyhound that scurried about.
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Tom is a silent workhorse.
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Those old machines are not very glamorous, but even 20 years after their introduction, they are still the workhorses of the industry.
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