Synonyms for old-fashioned
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Unfashionable — of an object, outdated or no longer in vogue
unfashionable, antique, old-time, antiquated, old, outmoded, archaic, old-timey informal US, fusty, obsolete, old use, quaint, old-fangled, old-hat, primitive, outdated, ancient, out, superannuated, backward, dated, passe
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Of an object, outdated or no longer in vogue.
My bike is old-fashioned but it gets me around.
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Old-fashioned may be used approvingly or contemptuously. We call a wide New England fireplace old-fashioned; a coin of the Caesars, antique.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- antique Can you tell me where the nearest antique shop is?
- antiquated He has somewhat antiquated ideas about education.
- outmoded The teacher's method of teaching is so outmoded.
- unfashionable Tom is blissfully unaware of how unfashionable he is.
By length
- 3 letters
- out1, old1
- 5 letters
- dated2, passe2, fusty2
- 6 letters
- quaint1
- 7 letters
- ancient2, antique2, archaic3
- 8 letters
- outdated3, backward2, obsolete3, outmoded3
- 9 letters
- primitive3
- 10 letters
- antiquated4
- 13 letters
- unfashionable5, superannuated
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dated2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- démodé
- Español
- pasado de moda
- Deutsch
- altmodisch