Synonyms for superannuated
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Obsolete — obsolete, antiquated
old, obsolete, outdated, out-of-date, outmoded, venerable, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, old-fashioned, archaic, time-worn, disused, passe, fossilized, fossilised UK, dated, discontinued, outworn, fusty, hoary, defunct, stale
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Obsolete, antiquated.
- adj. 2
Retired or discarded due to age.
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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- outdated It's about time we did away with this outdated law.
- obsolete For all practical purposes, that word is obsolete.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.
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).