Usually means: Proven effective through long use.
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  1. time-tested: Merriam-Webster
  2. time-tested: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. time-tested: Vocabulary.com
  4. Time-Tested, time-tested: Wordnik
  5. time-tested: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. time-tested: Wiktionary
  7. time-tested: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. time-tested: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. time-tested: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. time-tested: Dictionary.com
  11. time-tested: Rhymezone
  12. time-tested: FreeDictionary.org
  13. time-tested: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. time-tested: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (time-tested)

▸ adjective:  Tested and proved to be reliable over a period of time.

Similar:
tried, reliable, dependable, tried and true, Tested, well-tried, tried and trusted, tried and tested, battle-tested, proven, more...

Opposite:
unproven, experimental, untested, untried, innovative

Types:
proven, established, tried and true, traditional, classic, enduring, time-honored, vintage, historic, more...



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Similar:
tried, reliable, dependable, tried and true, Tested, well-tried, tried and trusted, tried and tested, battle-tested, proven, more...

Opposite:
unproven, experimental, untested, untried, innovative

Types:
proven, established, tried and true, traditional, classic, enduring, time-honored, vintage, historic, more...



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