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Archaic synonyms and antonyms

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See syn. study at (related)
Of a style or method formerly in vogue
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antique
Belonging to, made in, or typical of an earlier period:
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ancient
Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
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historic
Having importance in or influence on history.
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outdated
Out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated.
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antiquated
Aged
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dated
Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.
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passe
No longer current or in fashion; out-of-date.
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venerable
(--- R.C.Ch.) A title of veneration for a dead person who may later be beatified
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modern (antonym)
(Linguistics) Of, relating to, or being a living language or group of languages:
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young (antonym)
The definition of young is someone who has lived for a short time, or behaviors or things associated with someone who is not advanced in age.
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current (antonym)
A flow of positive electric charge. The strength of current flow in any medium is related to voltage differences in that medium, as well as the electrical properties of the medium, and is measured in amperes. Since electrons are stipulated to have a negative charge, current in an electrical circuit actually flows in the opposite direction of the movement of electrons.
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present (antonym)
Existing in something specified:
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age-old
Very old; having existed for a long time; ancient or well-established
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hoary
Having white or gray hair from advanced age
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olden
From or relating to a previous era.
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old-time
Of, like, or characteristic of past times
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timeworn
Hackneyed; trite
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bygone
Gone by; past:
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dowdy
Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby.
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fusty
Smelling stale or stuffy; musty; moldy
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old-fashioned
Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times.
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out-of-date
No longer in style or use; not current; outmoded; old-fashioned
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passé
Of a style or method formerly in vogue
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vintage
Representative of or dating from a particular period of the past
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old as Methuselah
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old-as-the-hills
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primitive
Characterized by simplicity or crudity; unsophisticated:
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antediluvian
Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge
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old
A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
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obsolete
Outmoded in design, style, or construction:
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outmoded
Not in fashion; unfashionable:
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new (antonym)
Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
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anachronistic (related)
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insular (related)
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arcane (related)
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anglo-saxon (related)
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Archaic Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The National Museum, founded in 1866, is especially rich in archaic sculptures and in sepulchral and votive reliefs.

  • Oriental law is primitive or advanced according to the social conditions, with the result that antiquity of ideas is no criterion of date, and modern desert custom is more archaic than the great code of the Babylonian king Khammurabi Babylonian g y g Law.

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