| Main Entry: | confirmed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | habitual; rooted |
Synonyms: |
accepted, accustomed, chronic, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool, entrenched, firmly established, fixed, habituated, hard-shell, hardened, ingrained, inured, inveterate, long-established, proved, seasoned, settled, staid, valid, worn |
Antonyms: |
indefinite, infrequent, sporadic, uncommitted, unconfirmed, undecided |
| Main Entry: | long-standing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | existing for some time |
Synonyms: |
abiding, durable, enduring, established, fixed, lasting, long-established, long-lasting, long-lived, traditional |
| Notes: | long-standing has a hyphen; longtime does not |
| Main Entry: | old school |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | traditional |
Synonyms: |
acceptable, accustomed, classic, classical, conservative, conventional, customary, habitual, long-established, old, old line, popular, regular, rooted, time-honored |
| Main Entry: | time-honored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | traditional |
Synonyms: |
accustomed, ancestral, classic, classical, conventional, customary, fixed, folk, historic, long-established, old, popular, regular, rooted, standard, taken for granted, universal, usual, vintage, widespread |
| Main Entry: | traditional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | usual, established |
Synonyms: |
acceptable, accustomed, acknowledged, ancestral, classic, classical, common, conventional, customary, doctrinal, fixed, folk, habitual, historic, immemorial, long-established, old, oral, popular, prescribed, regular, rooted, sanctioned, taken for granted, time-honored, transmitted, universal, unwritten, widely used, widespread |
Antonyms: |
fresh, new, unestablished, unfixed, untraditional, unusual |
| Main Entry: | hard-shell |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confirmed |
Synonyms: |
accepted, accustomed, chronic, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool, entrenched, firmly established, fixed, habituated, hardened, ineradicable, ingrained, inured, inveterate, irradicable, long-established, proved, seasoned, set, settled, staid, val |
| Main Entry: | ineradicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confirmed |
Synonyms: |
accepted, accustomed, chronic, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool, entrenched, firmly established, fixed, habituated, hard-shell, hardened, ingrained, inured, inveterate, irradicable, long-established, proved, seasoned, set, settled, staid, valid, worn |
| Main Entry: | irradicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confirmed |
Synonyms: |
accepted, accustomed, chronic, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool, entrenched, firmly established, fixed, habituated, hard-shell, hardened, ineradicable, ingrained, inured, inveterate, long-established, proved, seasoned, set, settled, staid, valid, worn |