Synonyms for moldy
- adjective
- American English
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Stale — showing signs of neglect; disused
stale, fusty, rusty, outdated, antiquated, old-fashioned, outmoded, neglected, disused, antediluvian, old-fangled, obsolete, archaic, antique, superannuated, outworn, hoary dated
3. Rotten — covered with mould
4. Silver-haired — gray-headed, whether from age or hair powder
Definitions
- adj. 1
Covered with mould.
- adj. 2
Showing signs of neglect; disused.
- adj. 3
Worthless; lousy; rotten.
- adj. 4
Gray-headed, whether from age or hair powder.
Example sentences
- outdated It's about time we did away with this outdated law.
- rusty Your skills will get rusty if you don't use them.
- stale Ziri discovered that the birdseed had gone stale.
- fusty Steve is a fusty old man who won't listen to music made after 1975.
- junky I hate to break it to you but Yanni is a junky.
By length
- 5 letters
- rusty2, stale1, musty2, junky2, hoary2, fusty2, putid, mucid
- 6 letters
- rotten2, draffy
- 7 letters
- antique2, archaic3, grizzly2, disused, outworn
- 8 letters
- outdated3, obsolete3, outmoded3, mildewed
- 9 letters
- neglected3
- 10 letters
- antiquated4, mouldering
- 12 letters
- antediluvian
- 13 letters
- superannuated
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rusty2 = 2 syllables).