horse synonyms

horse

n.

  1. A domestic animal

    nag, draft animal, plow horse, racer, saddlehorse, steed, mount, charger, stallion, gelding, hack, mare, dobbin, roadster, palfrey, pad, thoroughbred, pacer, trotter, cob, hunter, courser, posthorse, piebald, calico pony, equine, quadruped, Pferd (German), cheval (French), caballo (Spanish); see also animal, pony.

    Breeds and types of horses include: Clydesdale, Shire, Belgian, Galloway, Shetland, Lipizzaner, Waler, Percheron, Appaloosa, French coach, Morgan, Suffolk, Hackney, Ardennes, Hanoverian, Flemish, Arabian, Thoroughbred, quarter horse, Barbary, barb, mustang, bronco, pinto, palomino, Hambletonian.

  2. An upright structure

    trestle, support, bench, stage, scaffold, easel, tripod, bolster, clotheshorse, sawhorse, vaulting block.

back the wrong horse

support the losing side, pick the loser, misjudge; see lose 3.

beat <strong>or </strong>flog a dead horse*

argue an issue that is already settled, nag, harp on; see overdo 1.

from the horse's mouth*

originally, from an authority, according to the source of the information; see officially 1.

hold one's horses*

curb one's impatience, slow down, relax; see restrain 1.

on one's high horse*

arrogant, haughty, disdainful; see egotistic 2.

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