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antiquated
No longer used or useful; obsolete, old-fashioned, out-of-date, etc.
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  1. No longer used or useful; obsolete, old-fashioned, out-of-date, etc.
  2. Aged
  3. Very old; aged:
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:
obsolete
(Biology) Vestigial or rudimentary, especially in comparison with related or ancestral species, as the tailbone of an ape. Used of an organ or other part of an organism.
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  1. (Biology) Vestigial or rudimentary, especially in comparison with related or ancestral species, as the tailbone of an ape. Used of an organ or other part of an organism.
  2. No longer in fashion; out-of-date; passé
  3. (Biol.) Rudimentary or poorly developed as compared with its counterpart in other individuals of a related species, the opposite sex, etc.; vestigial
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
antiquated
Aged
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  1. Aged
  2. No longer used or useful; obsolete, old-fashioned, out-of-date, etc.
  3. Very old; aged:
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
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
antiquated
Aged
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  1. Aged
  2. No longer used or useful; obsolete, old-fashioned, out-of-date, etc.
  3. Very old; aged:
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
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.
Find another word for archaic. In this page you can discover 35 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for archaic, like: antiquated, old, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, See syn. study at, age-old, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated and antique.

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  • The walls are often covered with paintings in a very simple archaic style, in red and black.

  • Amongst Conifers the archaic genera, Ginkgo and Araucarus still persist.

  • Milchhdfer (Anfdnge der Kunst) had called attention to certain remarkable examples of archaic Greek bronze-work, and the subsequent discovery of the votive bronzes in the cave of Zeus on Mount Ida, and notably the shields with their fine embossed designs, shows that by the 8th century B.C. Cretan technique in metal not only held its own beside imported Cypro-Phoenician work, but was distinctly ahead of that of the rest of Greece (Halbherr, Bronzi del antro di Zeus Ideo).

  • It represented the goddess, standing in the stiff archaic style, holding a spear in her right hand, in her left a distaff and spindle or a shield.

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