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| Main Entry: | hoary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ancient |
| Synonyms: | aged, antiquated, antique, elderly, old, old-fashioned, older, out-of-date, relic, rusty, timeworn, venerable, age-old, lot of mileage, oldie, very old |
| Main Entry: | hoary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gray or white |
| Synonyms: | frosty, gray-haired, graying, salt and pepper, silvery, snowy-haired, white-haired, whitish |
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| Main Entry: | ancient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old, often very old |
| Synonyms: | aged, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, early, elderly, fossil*, hoary, moth-eaten*, obsolete, old-fashioned, older, out-of-date, outmoded, primal, primeval, primordial, relic, remote, rusty, superannuated, timeworn, venerable, age-old, back number, been around, creaky, few miles on, lot of mileage, old goat, oldie, worse for wear |
| Antonyms: | modern, new, young |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | antediluvian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out-of-date; prehistoric |
| Synonyms: | ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, hoary, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, passé, primeval, primitive, primordial, timeworn, venerable, age-old |
| Antonyms: | modern, new, up-to-date, young |
| Main Entry: | antiquarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old, ancient |
| Synonyms: | aged, antique, archaic, hoary, obsolete, primitive, timeworn, venerable |
| Antonyms: | modern, new, young |
| Main Entry: | antiquated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obsolete |
| Synonyms: | aged, ancient, antediluvian, antique, archaic, dated, elderly, hoary, moldy, obsolescent, old, old hat, old-fashioned, out-of-date, outmoded, superannuated, fusty, old-fangled, outworn |
| Antonyms: | modern, new, recent, forward-looking |
| Main Entry: | elderly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in old age |
| Synonyms: | aged, aging, ancient, gray*, hoary, old, retired, tired, venerable, been around, declining, long in tooth, lot of mileage, no spring chicken, olden, on last leg, over the hill |
| Antonyms: | young, youth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | white |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely pale; lacking color |
| Synonyms: | achromatic, ashen, blanched, bloodless, chalky, clear, fair, ghastly, hoary, immaculate, light, milky, neutral, pallid, pasty, pearly, silver, snowy, transparent, wan, waxen, achromic, alabaster, bleached, frosted, ivory, silvery |
| Antonyms: | black, dark, dirty |
| Main Entry: | old |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advanced in age |
| Synonyms: | aged, along in years, ancient, broken down, debilitated, decrepit, elderly, enfeebled, exhausted, experienced, fossil*, geriatric, getting on, gray, gray-haired, grizzled*, hoary*, impaired, inactive, infirm, mature, matured, not young, olden, oldish, over the hill, past one's prime, seasoned, senile, senior, skilled, superannuated, tired, venerable, versed, veteran, wasted* |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, young, youthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | musty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worn-out, clichéd |
| Synonyms: | ancient, antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, dull, hackneyed, hoary, obsolete, old hat, old-fashioned, shopworn*, stale, threadbare, timeworn*, tired, trite, worn, stereotypical, warmed-over |
| Antonyms: | new, unused |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boring, uninteresting |
| Synonyms: | archaic, arid, blah, colorless, common, commonplace, dead, dismal, dreary, dry, familiar, flat, hackneyed, heavy, hoary, humdrum*, insipid, jejune, monotonous, ordinary, out-of-date, plain, pointless, prolix, prosaic, repetitious, repetitive, routine, run-of-the-mill*, soporific, stale, stock, stupid, tame, tedious, tired, tiresome, trite, unimaginative, usual, vapid, worn-out, abused, big yawn, driveling, ho hum, longwinded, oft-repeated, prosy, uninspiring, usual thing |
| Antonyms: | active, exciting, interesting, lively |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | white |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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Adjectives: |
light, white, achlorophyllaceous, alabaster, albescent, argent, argentine, auricomous, blanched, blonde, bone white, candent, candid, canescent, chalky, creamy, eburnean, eggshell, fair, hoar, hoary, leucous, like ivory, milk, off, silvery, snow, white as a lily, white as driven snow, white as silver, whitish
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