tried and true
Reliably works always
Tried and true describes something that has been tested repeatedly and proven reliable over time.
The phrase emphasizes trustworthiness established through experience rather than theory: a tried and true method, tried and true recipes passed down through generations.
The variant *tried and tested* is more common in British English.
- time-testedProven by extended use
- trustedEarned belief in
- provenEstablished as fact
- road testedVerified through practical trial
- battle-testedProven through actual combat
stood the test · dependable · long-standing · experienced · reliable · fail-safe · established · traditional · certain · steadfast · trustworthy · faithful · good as gold · conventional · weathered · certified · validated · time-honored
- loyaltyloyalty, devotion, loyal, faithfulness, fidelity
- sayingssayings, saying, proverb, proverbs, adage
- dependabilityreliable, dependable, trustworthy, trusted, steadfast
- trustworthy traitstrusted, reliable, dependable, trustworthy, proven
- reliabilityreliable, dependable, trustworthy, consistent, faithful
- reliablesmainstays, staples, standbys, stalwarts, dependables
tried and trueuntested
Not yet examined
unproven · unreliable · untried · experimental · unverified
tried and trueexperimental
Testing new methods
newfangled · innovative · novel · cutting-edge · avant-garde
true, trying, tried, untrue, truthful, tries, truthfulness, trued, truing