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well-trod

well-trod adjective: synonym of well-trodden.

Adjective

well-trod (comparative more well-trod, superlative most well-trod)

  1. Synonym of well-trodden.
    • TikTok recipes – or FoodTok, to use the parlance of the people – are a genre unto themselves. Creators post short videos of (usually) simple recipes that take fairly ordinary, well-trod ingredients (feta, tomatoes) and give them new relevance.2022 August 5, Lauren Sams, “How TikTok is taking over your kitchen”, in Australian Financial Review
    • Between songs and chase scenes, the script (by Jeff Nathanson, who wrote Favreau’s Lion King, two Rush Hours, and one of the later, lesser Pirates Of The Caribbeans) follows well-trod paths, briefly stopping for familiar messages about outsiders, suspicion, and finding one’s family.2024 December 18, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Disney's taxidermized IP is brighter and livelier in Mufasa: The Lion King”, in AV Club
    Synonyms:
    well-trodden

Synonyms of well-trod

Forms of well-trod

comparativemore well-trod
superlativemost well-trod

Questions about well-trod

What does well-trod mean?
Well-trod means synonym of well-trodden.
What part of speech is well-trod?
Well-trod is an adjective.

Words near well-trod in the dictionary

  1. well-thumbed
  2. well-timed
  3. well-to-do
  4. well-travelled
  5. well-tried
  6. well-trod
  7. well-trodden
  8. well-turned
  9. well-upholstered
  10. well-used
  11. well-versed

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