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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
Main Entry: old
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: obsolete, outdated
Synonyms: aboriginal, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, crumbling, dated, decayed, done, early, erstwhile, former, hackneyed*, immemorial, late, moth-eaten*, old-fashioned, old-time, once, onetime, original, out-of-date, outmoded, passé, past, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, quondam, relic, remote, rusty, sometime, stale, superannuated, traditional, unfashionable, unoriginal, venerable, worn-out, age-old, cast-off, demode, of old, of yore, olden, oldfangled, time-worn
Antonyms: contemporary, current, fresh, late, modern, new, recent, up-to-date
Main Entry: old
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: traditional, long-established
Synonyms: constant, continuing, enduring, established, experienced, familiar, firm, hardened, inveterate, lifelong, long-lasting, perennial, perpetual, practiced, skilled, solid, steady, time-honored, versed, veteran, vintage, age-old, long-lived, of long standing, staying
Antonyms: contemporary, current, modern, new
Main Entry: ancestral
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: related to previous family or family trait
Synonyms: affiliated, congenital, inborn, inbred, inherited, innate, maternal, old, past, paternal, born with, consanguine, consanguineous, familial, genealogical, in the family, lineal, running in the family, totemic, tribal
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Definition: out-of-date; prehistoric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: 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aged, ancient, antediluvian, antique, archaic, dated, elderly, hoary, moldy, obsolescent, old, old hat, old-fashioned, out-of-date, outmoded, superannuated, fusty, old-fangled, outworn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: decrepit
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: deteriorated, debilitated, especially as a result of age
Synonyms: aged, antiquated, bedraggled, broken-down, crippled, dilapidated, doddering, effete, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, haggard, incapacitated, infirm, insubstantial, old, ramshackle, rickety, run-down, seedy, senile, shabby, shaking, superannuated, tacky, threadbare, tired, unsound, used, wasted, weak, weather-beaten, worn, worn-out, anile, battered, creaky, quavering, tottering, tumble-down, weakly
Antonyms: fit, healthy, young
Main Entry: dilapidated
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: falling apart; in ruins
Synonyms: broken-down, crumbling, crumbly, crummy*, damaged, decayed, decaying, decrepit, derelict, dingy, faded, impaired, injured, neglected, old, ramshackle, ratty*, raunchy, rickety, run-down, seedy, shabby, shaky, tacky, threadbare, unimproved, unkempt, worn-out, battered, beat-up, dog-eared, fallen-in, in a bad way, marred, rinky-dink, slummy, tumble-down, uncared for, used-up
Antonyms: rebuilt, in good repair
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
Main Entry: erstwhile
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: former
Synonyms: bygone, late, old, once, one-time, past, preceding, previous, quondam, sometime, ex
Main Entry: experienced
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: knowledgeable, knowing
Synonyms: accomplished, accustomed, adept, been around, been there, broken in, capable, competent, cultivated, dynamite, expert, familiar, having something on the ball, in the know, instructed, knowing one's stuff, knowing the score, mature, matured, old, old hand*, practical, practiced, pro, professional, qualified, rounded, seasoned, skillful, sophisticated, sport, tested, the right stuff, trained, tried, versed, vet, veteran, well-versed, wise, worldly, worldly-wise
Antonyms: green, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, unfamiliar, unknowledgeable, unseasoned, unsophisticated
Main Entry: former
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: previous in time or order
Synonyms: above, aforesaid, ancient, antecedent, anterior, bygone, departed, earlier, erstwhile, first, foregoing, late, old, once, one-time, past, preceding, prior, quondam, sometime, aforementioned, ex-, long ago, long gone, of yore, whilom
Notes: latter means referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned; former means referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned
Antonyms: after, current, ensuing, following, future, present, prospective, subsequent, succeeding
Main Entry: hackneyed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: clichéd, tired
Synonyms: antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, conventional, corny*, everyday, hokey*, moth-eaten*, obsolete, old, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, overworked, pedestrian*, quotidian, run-of-the-mill*, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare*, timeworn, tripe, trite, unoriginal, worn-out*, familiar tune, old-chestnut, old-hat, old-saw, played-out, well-worn
Antonyms: fresh, new, original, uncommon
Main Entry: historical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: recorded as actually having happened
Synonyms: actual, ancient, authentic, classical, factual, important, old, past, real, verifiable, archival, attested, chronicled, commemorated, documented, in truth
Antonyms: fictional
Main Entry: inveterate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: long-standing, established
Synonyms: abiding, accustomed, addicted, chronic, confirmed, continuing, customary, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool*, enduring, entrenched, fixed, habitual, hard-core*, hardened, inbred, incorrigible, incurable, ingrained, innate, lifelong, long-lasting, obstinate, old, perennial, permanent, persistent, set, settled, stubborn, sworn, usual, habituated, indurated, ineradicable, long-lived, persisting
Antonyms: short-lived
Main Entry: lasting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: enduring, unending
Synonyms: abiding, constant, continual, continuing, deep-rooted, durable, endless, eternal, everlasting, forever, incessant, indelible, indissoluble, inexhaustible, lifelong, old, perennial, permanent, perpetual, stable, unceasing, undying, in for the long haul, inexpungible, long-term, longstanding, perdurable, persisting, till the cows come home, unremitting
Antonyms: ending, ephemeral, fleeting, passing, short-lived, temporary, transient, ceasing
Main Entry: lifelong
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lasting
Synonyms: constant, continuing, deep-rooted, enduring, inveterate, lifetime, long-lasting, long-standing, old, perennial, permanent, persistent, for life, livelong, long-lived
Antonyms: short-lived, temporary, tenuous
Main Entry: medieval
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: having to do with the Middle Ages; old
Synonyms: Gothic, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, old, old-fashioned, primitive, unenlightened, feudal
Antonyms: modern
Main Entry: obsolete
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: no longer in use, in vogue
Synonyms: ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, dated, dead, discarded, done for*, dusty, extinct, fossil, gone, kaput*, moldy*, moth-eaten*, old, old-fashioned, out*, out-of-date, outmoded, passé, stale, superannuated, superseded, timeworn, unfashionable, anachronistic, dead and gone, dinosaur, disused, had it, has-been, horse and buggy, old-hat, old-school, out-of-fashion, outworn
Antonyms: contemporary, current, in vogue, modern, new, present, up-to-date
Main Entry: old-fashioned
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: antiquated
Synonyms: ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, behind the times*, behind the times, bygone, corny*, dated, dead*, dowdy*, extinct, moldy*, musty, neglected, obsolescent, obsolete, obsolete, odd*, old, old-time, out*, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, outmoded, passé*, passé, past, primitive, rococo*, superannuated, unfashionable, vintage, demoded, disapproved, démodé, grown old, not current, not modern, not with it, of old, of olden days, of the old school, of the old school, old-fangled, old-hat, olden, oldfangled, out of it, out of style, out-of-style, outworn, unstylish
Antonyms: contemporary, current, in vogue, modern, new
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