Synonyms of one-horse

one-horse

adjective

as in jerkwater

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jerkwater
• unimportant
• small
• trifling
• insignificant
• inconsiderable
• trivial
• frivolous
• foolish
• small-fry
• minor
• incidental
• little
• worthless
• Mickey Mouse
• nugatory
• inconsequential
• small-time
• petty
• negligible
• fiddling
• slight
• nickel-and-dime
• minute
• anonymous
• paltry
• nameless
• unknown
• obscure
• uncelebrated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• major
• big
• substantial
• important
• significant
• dominant
• eventful
• meaningful
• fatal
• principal
• chief
• momentous
• weighty
• decisive
• consequential
• prominent
• fateful
• material
• remarkable
• impressive
• worthy
• valuable
• distinctive
• overbearing
• overriding
• outstanding
• great
• worthwhile
• eminent
• illustrious
• unfrivolous
• exceptional
• distinguished
• famous
• prestigious
• overmastering
• basic
• notorious
• fundamental
• essential
• renowned
• preeminent
• key
• all-important

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of one-horse

The Brazilian star was expected to be in a one-horse race for the sport's highest indvidual accolade and become the first man from his country to win it since Kaka in 2007. —Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024

Each table is decorated with a snowman candle holder to drive the theme home on a one-horse open sleigh. —Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023

The contest was effectively a one-horse race, with Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), a political behemoth with a vast war chest, facing no viable opponent after a ruthless, years-long crackdown on its rivals. —Reuters, CNN, 23 July 2023

Unfortunately, a ruling from a one-horse federal courtroom in Texas reminds us that there’s almost an endless supply of those litigants and the judges who run with them. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023