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old-fashioned
Attached to or favoring methods, ideas, or customs of an earlier time:
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  1. Attached to or favoring methods, ideas, or customs of an earlier time:
  2. Suited to or favoring the styles, methods, manners, or ideas of past times; esp., out-of-date; antiquated; outmoded
  3. Of a style or method formerly in vogue; outdated.
outmoded
No longer in fashion or accepted; obsolete
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  1. No longer in fashion or accepted; obsolete
  2. No longer usable or practical; obsolete:
  3. Not in fashion; unfashionable:
out-of-date
(Idiomatic) Too old to be used; not current; invalid; outmoded.
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  1. (Idiomatic) Too old to be used; not current; invalid; outmoded.
  2. (Idiomatic) Not conforming to the current fashion or style; old-fashioned.
  3. No longer in style or use; not current; outmoded; old-fashioned
obsolescent
(Biology) Becoming reduced during the course of evolution; vestigial or nearly vestigial. Used of an organ or other part of an organism.
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  1. (Biology) Becoming reduced during the course of evolution; vestigial or nearly vestigial. Used of an organ or other part of an organism.
  2. In the process of becoming obsolete
  3. Being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness; becoming obsolete.
antique
Of, or in the style of, a former period
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  1. Of, or in the style of, a former period
  2. Belonging to, made in, or typical of an earlier period:
  3. Of ancient times; ancient; old
archaic
Relating to or being an early form of Homo sapiens or a closely related species, such as Neanderthal, that is anatomically distinct from modern humans.
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  1. Relating to or being an early form of Homo sapiens or a closely related species, such as Neanderthal, that is anatomically distinct from modern humans.
  2. Relating to, being, or characteristic of words and language that were once in regular use but are now relatively rare and suggestive of an earlier style or period.
  3. Belonging to an earlier period; ancient
bygone
Gone by; past:
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  1. Gone by; past:
  2. Having been or happened in the far past.
  3. That has or have gone by; past; former
dated
Marked with or displaying a date.
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  1. Marked with or displaying a date.
  2. Out-of-date or old-fashioned
  3. Marked with a date
dowdy
Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby.
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  1. Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby.
  2. Plain and unfashionable in style or dress.
  3. Old-fashioned; antiquated.
fusty
Smelling of mildew or decay; musty.
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  1. Smelling of mildew or decay; musty.
  2. Not up-to-date; old-fashioned; conservative
  3. Old-fashioned; antique.
old
Made long ago; in existence for many years:
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  1. Made long ago; in existence for many years:
  2. Belonging to or being of an earlier time:
  3. Having or exhibiting the physical characteristics of age:
old-fashioned
Of a style or method formerly in vogue; outdated.
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  1. Of a style or method formerly in vogue; outdated.
  2. Attached to or favoring methods, ideas, or customs of an earlier time:
  3. Suited to or favoring the styles, methods, manners, or ideas of past times; esp., out-of-date; antiquated; outmoded
old-time
Of long standing or experience
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  1. Of long standing or experience
  2. From or reminiscent of an earlier time or era; old-fashioned.
  3. Of, like, or characteristic of past times
outdated
Out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated.
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  1. Out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated.
  2. Out of date; not the latest one.
  3. No longer current or popular; behind the times; antiquated
outmoded
Not in fashion; unfashionable:
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  1. Not in fashion; unfashionable:
  2. No longer usable or practical; obsolete:
  3. No longer in fashion or accepted; obsolete
out-of-date
Alternative form of out of date.
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  1. Alternative form of out of date.
  2. (Idiomatic) Not conforming to the current fashion or style; old-fashioned.
  3. (Idiomatic) Too old to be used; not current; invalid; outmoded.
vintage
Of or produced in a particular vintage
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  1. Of or produced in a particular vintage
  2. Representative of or dating from a particular period of the past
  3. Old or outmoded.
age-old
Very old; having existed for a long time; ancient or well-established
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  1. Very old; having existed for a long time; ancient or well-established
  2. Very old or ancient.
ancient
Having existed a long time; very old
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  1. Having existed a long time; very old
  2. Of, relating to, or belonging to times long past, especially before the fall of the Western Roman Empire ( ad 476):
  3. Of great age; very old:
antediluvian
Of the time before the biblical Flood
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  1. Of the time before the biblical Flood
  2. (Bible) Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood.
  3. Very old, old-fashioned, or primitive
antique
Of, or in the style of, a former period
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  1. Of, or in the style of, a former period
  2. Belonging to, made in, or typical of an earlier period:
  3. Of ancient times; ancient; old
archaic
Relating to, being, or characteristic of words and language that were once in regular use but are now relatively rare and suggestive of an earlier style or period.
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  1. Relating to, being, or characteristic of words and language that were once in regular use but are now relatively rare and suggestive of an earlier style or period.
  2. Relating to or being an early form of Homo sapiens or a closely related species, such as Neanderthal, that is anatomically distinct from modern humans.
  3. Belonging to an earlier period; ancient
hoary
Covered with grayish hair or pubescence:
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  1. Covered with grayish hair or pubescence:
  2. Gray or white with or as if with age.
  3. So old as to inspire veneration; ancient.
old
Made long ago; in existence for many years:
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  1. Made long ago; in existence for many years:
  2. Known through long acquaintance; long familiar:
  3. Belonging to a remote or former period in history; ancient:
olden
From or relating to a previous era.
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  1. From or relating to a previous era.
  2. Of, relating to, or belonging to time long past; old or ancient:
  3. Old; ancient.
old-time
Of long standing or experience
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  1. Of long standing or experience
  2. From or reminiscent of an earlier time or era; old-fashioned.
  3. Of, like, or characteristic of past times
timeworn
Trite or banal; overused or hackneyed
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  1. Trite or banal; overused or hackneyed
  2. Worn or deteriorated by long use or existence
  3. Used too often; trite:
venerable
(--- Roman Catholic Church) Used as a title for a person who has reached the first stage of canonization.
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  1. (--- Roman Catholic Church) Used as a title for a person who has reached the first stage of canonization.
  2. (--- R.C.Ch.) A title of veneration for a dead person who may later be beatified
  3. Impressive on account of age or historic or religious associations
Find another word for antiquated. In this page you can discover 36 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for antiquated, like: old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date, obsolescent, old, old-fashioned, See syn. study at, antique, archaic, bygone and dated.

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  • Give up the antiquated morals or the relationship.

  • Think of it as a tribal warrior society that's kinda backwards or antiquated in its customs.

  • His language was antiquated and his style dry, but his work was considered important.

  • A propane tank perched on concrete blocks looked out of place in the antiquated setting.

  • He summoned experienced teachers, Protestant as well as Catholic, from Germany, established middle and higher schools in all parts of the empire, superseded the antiquated textbooks and methods of instruction, and encouraged the formation of learned societies and the growth of a professional spirit and independence among the teachers.

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