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| Main Entry: | superannuated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obsolete |
| Synonyms: | antiquated, dated, old, old-fashioned, outdated, outmoded, passé |
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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antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, early, elderly, fossil*, hoary, moth-eaten*, obsolete, old-fashioned, older, out-of-date, outmoded, primal, primeval, primordial, relic, remote, rusty, superannuated, timeworn, venerable, age-old, back number, been around, creaky, few miles on, lot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: | 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aged, ancient, antediluvian, antique, archaic, dated, elderly, hoary, moldy, obsolescent, old, old hat, old-fashioned, out-of-date, outmoded, superannuated, fusty, old-fangled, outworn |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: | archaic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very old |
| Synonyms: | ancient, antiquated, antique, bygone, obsolete, old-fashioned, outmoded, passé, primitive, superannuated, olden, out of date |
| Antonyms: | current, modern, new, present, young |
| 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: | 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dated, dead, discarded, done for*, dusty, extinct, fossil, gone, kaput*, moldy*, moth-eaten*, old, old-fashioned, out*, out-of-date, outmoded, passé, stale, superannuated, superseded, timeworn, unfashionable, anachronistic, dead and gone, dinosaur, disused, had it, has-been, horse and buggy, old-hat, old-school, out-of-fashion, outworn |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outmoded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obsolete, old-fashioned |
| Synonyms: | antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, behind the times*, bent, bygone, dated, dead, extinct, moldy*, moth-eaten*, musty*, obsolescent, obsolete, old-time, out, out-of-date, passé*, superannuated, superseded, tired, unfashionable, vintage, anachronistic, dinosaur, disused, démodé, fossilized, has-been, horse and buggy, old-hat, olden, out-of-style, outworn, unstylish, unusable |
| Antonyms: | current, modern, new, popular, up-to-date, new-fangled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | antique |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old |
| Synonyms: | aged, ancient, elderly, obsolescent, obsolete, out-of-date, outdated, prehistoric, superannuated |
| Antonyms: | modern, new, recent, up-to-date |
| 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: | retired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | having withdrawn from active life |
| Synonyms: | elderly, resigned, superannuated, emerita, emeritus, in retirement |
| Antonyms: | active, employed, working |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | endure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue; be durable |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, bide, carry on, cling, exist, go on, hang on*, hold, hold out, last, linger, live, outlast, outlive, persist, prevail, remain, stand, stay, survive, sustain, wear, be left, be long lived, be timeless, carry through, have no end, hold on, keep on, live on, never say die, perdure, ride out*, run on, stay on, stick to, superannuate, wear on, wear well |
| Antonyms: | discontinue |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | antiquity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
time, Ogygian, aboriginal, after age, ancient, antediluvian, antemundane, antiquated, antique, archaic, behind the age, classic, crumbling, customary, diluvian, elder, eldest, exploded, first, fossil, fusty, gone by, gone out, immemorial, inusitate, inveterate, medieval, obsolete, of long standing, of other times, of the old school, old, old, old as Adam, old as Methuselah, old as history, old as the hills, palaeozoic, patriarchal, preadamite, preglacial, prehistoric, prerafaelite, prescriptive, prime, primeval, primigenous, primitive, primordial, primordinate, protogenal, relict, rococo, rooted, run out, secondhand, senile, stale, superannuated, venerable, vetust, whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary
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