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Synonyms for expired

  • adjective

Most common

irrelevant obsolete defunct lifeless invalid lapsed passe

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Obsolete — dead

dead, obsolete, defunct, dated, deceased, extinct, irrelevant, lifeless, departed

Other

lapsed, invalid, passe

Antonyms

unexpired, animate

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    dead

Choose the right word

Expired, Expire, Die, Cease or Expires?

Expire (literally, to breathe out) is a softer word for die; it is used figuratively of things that cease to exist by reaching a natural limit; as, a lease expires; the time has expired.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • irrelevant She pays too much attention to irrelevant things.
  • obsolete For all practical purposes, that word is obsolete.
  • defunct Tom lives down the road from a defunct granary.
  • lifeless The lifeless rocks nod their heads again and again.
  • invalid From tomorrow this email address will be invalid.
  • lapsed Tom lapsed into a coma and didn't regain consciousness.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
expiredfalling
irrelevantsteady
obsoletefalling
defunctsteady
lifelessrising
invalidfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
dead1
5 letters
dated2, passe2
6 letters
lapsed1
7 letters
invalid3, extinct2, defunct2
8 letters
deceased2, departed3, obsolete3, lifeless2
10 letters
irrelevant4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dated2 = 2 syllables).