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Showing words for HACKNEYED using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Hackneyed

hackneyed

7 Letter Words for Hackneyed

endecha, hackney

6 Letter Words for Hackneyed

achene, candyh, cheeky, chekan, cheken, chende, dancey, decane, decken, decyne, encake, hacked, hackee, hanced, hanked, hankey, necked, yanked, yankee, yeaned

5 Letter Words for Hackneyed

acedy, ached, ackee, ackey, acned, akene, aknee, anhyd, ankee, cadee, caked, candy, caned, caneh, chank, cheek, cheka, cheke, chena, chyak, chynd, dance, dancy, danke, decan, decay, decke, deeny, denay, eaned, echea, eched, hacek, hacky, hance, handy, haydn, hayed, hayne, heady, heedy, henad, hence, hendy, heyed, hyena, hynde, kande, kandy, kaneh, keach, keech, keena, kench, kendy, kenya, keyed, kheda, knead, kneed, kynde, nache, naked, needy, yeech

4 Letter Words for Hackneyed

aced, ache, achy, acne, aden, ahed, ahey, aked, akee, akey, ance, ankh, ayen, ayne, cade, cady, cake, caky, cand, cane, cank, cany, cede, cene, chad, chan, chay, chee, chen, cyan, cyke, dace, dane, dank, dean, deck, deek, deen, deke, dene, deny, dhak, dhan, dyak, dyce, dyke, dyne, each, ecad, eche, edea, eden, eech, ehed, eked, ency, ende, ened, eyah, eyed, eyen, eyne, hack, hade, haec, haen, hake, hand, hank, haye, head, heck, hede, heed, hend, hyde, hyed, hyen, hyke, hynd, hyne, kade, kand, kane, keen, kend, khan, knee, kyah, kynd, kyne, nace, nach, nake, neck, need, nyed, yade, yank, yead, yeah, yean, yech, yede, yeed

3 Letter Words for Hackneyed

ace, ach, ack, acy, adc, ade, adh, ady, ake, anc, and, ane, any, aye, cad, can, cay, cee, cen, cha, che, chn, dae, dah, dak, dan, day, dca, dea, dec, dee, den, dey, dha, dna, dye, dyn, ead, ean, ech, edh, eec, eek, een, eke, enc, end, ene, eye, eyn, had, hae, hak, han, hay, hed, hee, hen, hey, hny, hyd, hye, kae, kan, kay, kea, ked, ken, key, kha, kyd, kye, nad, nae, nah, nak, nay, nea, ned, nee, nek, nye, yad, yah, yak, yan, yea, yed, yee, yeh, yen

Definitions for Hackneyed

[1] made commonplace or trite; stale; banal: the hackneyed images of his poetry.
[2] Also called hackney coach. a carriage or coach for hire; cab.
[3] a trotting horse used for drawing a light carriage or the like.
[4] a horse used for ordinary riding or driving.
[5] (initial capital letter ) one of an English breed of horses having a high-stepping gait.
[6] let out, employed, or done for hire.
[7] to make trite, common, or stale by frequent use.
[8] to use as a hackney.
[9] (of phrases, fashions, etc) used so often as to be trite, dull, and stereotyped
[10] a compact breed of harness horse with a high-stepping trot
[11] a coach or carriage that is for hire (as modifier ) a hackney carriage
[12] a popular term for hack 2 (def. 1)
[13] (tr; usually passive) to make commonplace and banal by too frequent use
[14] a borough of NE Greater London: formed in 1965 from the former boroughs of Shoreditch, Stoke Newington, and Hackney; nearby are Hackney Marshes, the largest recreation ground in London. Pop: 208 400 (2003 est). Area: 19 sq km (8 sq miles)

Words related to Hackneyed

timeworn, corny, trite, banal, stale, threadbare, well-worn, antiquated, common, commonplace, conventional, everyday, hokey, moth-eaten, obsolete, old, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, overworked

Words nearby Hackneyed

hackly, hackman, hackmatack, hackney, hackney coach, hackneyed, hacksaw, hacktivism, hacktivist, hackwork, hacky sack

Origin of Hackneyed

1300–50; Middle English hakeney, special use of placename Hackney, Middlesex, England

Other words from Hackneyed

non·hack·neyed , adjective
un·hack·neyed , adjective
hack·ney·ism , noun

Word origin for Hackneyed

C14: probably after Hackney , where horses were formerly raised; sense 4 meaning derives from the allusion to a weakened hired horse

Synonyms for Hackneyed

banal, corny, stale, threadbare, timeworn, trite, well-worn, antiquated, common, commonplace, conventional, everyday, familiar tune, hokey, moth-eaten, obsolete, old, old-chestnut, old-hat, old-saw, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, overworked, pedestrian, played-out, quotidian, run-of-the-mill, stereotyped, stock, tripe, unoriginal, worn-out