dark horse

Speech parts

1. dark horse - Noun

2. dark horse - Adjective

3. dark horse - Phrase

Meaning

a racehorse about which little is known

a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

dark-horse

Synonyms

cinderella challenger competitor contender comeback kid also-ran one in a million Cinderella story backmarker unexpected winner secret weapon hidden champion rank outsider actual underdog biggest underdog

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Hypernyms

candidate nominee campaigner racehorse bangtail race horse

Examples

Black beauty - he's a dark horse. Tim Vine

Baby do you dare to do this? Cause I'm coming at you like a dark horse. Katy Perry

Any artist that is even surviving right now is a dark horse because things change pretty fast. You're a superstar one day and wake up the next day and you're anonymous. To be successful in any way is beating the odds right now, I think. Chad Kroeger

I've done work for hire. I've worked for DC and Dark Horse. Rob Walton

That and the fact that I knew that nobody was going to publish my work at Dark Horse or DC or anywhere. Rob Walton

A Town Like Alice's (1997) Michael Bute Heritage Publications, Sunderland Alice in Sunderland (2007) Brian Talbot Dark Horse publications. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

dark horse

Close letter words and terms

dark heads dark hearted dark hero dark hours dark humor dark humour