| Main Entry: | antediluvian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out-of-date; prehistoric |
Synonyms: |
age-old, ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, hoary, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, passé, primeval, primitive, primordial, timeworn, venerable |
Antonyms: |
modern, new, up-to-date, young |
| Main Entry: | aged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old |
Synonyms: |
age-old, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, been around, creaky, elderly, getting on, gray, moth-eaten, oldie, over the hill, passé, rusty, senescent, senior citizen, shot*, timeworn, venerable, worn, worse for wear |
Antonyms: |
new, unripe, young, youthful |
| Main Entry: | ancient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old, often very old |
Synonyms: |
age-old, aged, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, back number, been around, bygone, creaky, early, elderly, few miles on, fossil, hoary, lot of mileage, moth-eaten, obsolete, old goat, old-fashioned, older, oldie, out-of-date, outmoded, primal, primeval, primordial, relic, remote, rusty, superannuated, timeworn, venerable, worse for wear |
Antonyms: |
modern, new, young |
| Main Entry: | antiquated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obsolete |
Synonyms: |
aged, ancient, antediluvian, antique, archaic, dated, elderly, fusty, hoary, moldy, obsolescent, old, old hat, old-fangled, old-fashioned, out-of-date, outmoded, outworn, superannuated |
Antonyms: |
forward-looking, modern, new, recent |
| Main Entry: | early |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in the beginning |
Synonyms: |
a bit previous, aboriginal, ancient, antecedent, antediluvian, antiquated, brand-new, budding, early bird, fresh, initial, new, original, preceding, premier, prevenient, previous, primal, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, prior, pristine, proleptical, raw, recent, undeveloped, young |
Antonyms: |
late |
| Main Entry: | medieval |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having to do with the Middle Ages; old |
Synonyms: |
Gothic, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, feudal, old, old-fashioned, primitive, unenlightened |
Antonyms: |
modern |
| Main Entry: | musty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stuffy, aged |
Synonyms: |
airless, ancient, antediluvian, antique, crumbling, dank, decayed, decrepit, dirty, dried-out, dry, fetid, filthy, frowzy, malodorous, mildewed, mildewy, moldy, moth-eaten, noisome, old, putrid, rotten, smelly, spoiled, squalid, stale, stuffy |
Antonyms: |
clean, clear, new, sweet-smelling |
| Main Entry: | obsolete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | no longer in use, in vogue |
Synonyms: |
anachronistic, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, dated, dead, dead and gone, dinosaur, discarded, disused, done for, dusty, extinct, fossil, gone, had it, has-been, horse and buggy, kaput, moldy, moth-eaten, old, old-fashioned, old-hat, old-school, out*, out-of-date, out-of-fashion, outmoded, outworn, passé, stale, superannuated, superseded, timeworn, unfashionable |
| Notes: | things that are no longer used or needed are obsolete; things that are becoming obsolete are obsolescent |
Antonyms: |
contemporary, current, in vogue, modern, new, present, up-to-date |
| Main Entry: | old |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obsolete, outdated |
Synonyms: |
aboriginal, age-old, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, cast-off, crumbling, dated, decayed, demode, done, early, erstwhile, former, hackneyed*, immemorial, late, moth-eaten, of old, of yore, old-fashioned, old-time, olden, oldfangled, once, onetime, original, out-of-date, outmoded, passé, past, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, quondam, relic, remote, rusty, sometime, stale, superannuated, time-worn, traditional, unfashionable, unoriginal, venerable, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
contemporary, current, fresh, late, modern, new, recent, up-to-date |
| Main Entry: | outmoded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obsolete, old-fashioned |
Synonyms: |
anachronistic, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, behind the times, bent, bygone, dated, dead, dinosaur, disused, démodé, extinct, fossilized, has-been, horse and buggy, moldy, moth-eaten, musty, obsolescent, obsolete, old-hat, old-time, olden, out, out-of-date, out-of-style, outworn, passé, superannuated, superseded, tired, unfashionable, unstylish, unusable, vintage |
Antonyms: |
current, modern, new, new-fangled, popular, up-to-date |