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Synonyms for superannuated

Most common

outdated obsolete venerable outmoded effete

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

3. Decrepit — retired or discarded due to age

decrepit, elderly

Other

effete

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Obsolete, antiquated.

  2. adj. 2

    Retired or discarded due to age.

Related words

Word family
superannuate

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Superannuated or Antiquated?

Antiquated is sometimes used of persons in a sense akin to superannuated. The antiquated person is out of style and out of sympathy with the present generation by reason of age; the superannuated person is incapacitated for present activities by reason of age.

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

Example sentences

  • outdated It's about time we did away with this outdated law.
  • obsolete For all practical purposes, that word is obsolete.
  • venerable Hero is a venerable title, because of the price paid.
  • outmoded The teacher's method of teaching is so outmoded.
  • effete The critics dismissed the film as an effete imitation of earlier, bolder works.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
superannuatedfalling
outdatedrising
obsoletefalling
venerablesteady
outmodedfalling
effetesteady

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

By length

3 letters
old1
4 letters
aged1
5 letters
dated2, stale1, passe2, hoary2, fusty2
6 letters
effete2
7 letters
elderly3, antique2, archaic3, defunct2, disused, outworn
8 letters
outdated3, obsolete3, decrepit3, outmoded3, overaged
9 letters
venerable4
10 letters
antiquated4, fossilized3, fossilised
12 letters
discontinued4, antediluvian

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