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outmoded
[out-moh-did] 
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outmoded
[out-moh-did]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obsolete, old-fashioned |
| Synonyms: | anachronistic, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, behind the times, bent, bygone, dated, dead, dinosaur, disused, démodé, extinct, fossilized, has-been, horse and buggy, moldy, moth-eaten, musty, obsolescent, obsolete, old-hat, old-time, olden, out, out-of-date, out-of-style, outworn, passé, superannuated, superseded, tired, unfashionable, unstylish, unusable, vintage |
| Antonyms: | current, modern, new, new-fangled, popular, up-to-date |
| Main Entry: | antiquated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obsolete |
| Synonyms: | aged, ancient, antediluvian, antique, archaic, dated, elderly, fusty, hoary, moldy, obsolescent, old, old hat, old-fangled, old-fashioned, out-of-date, outmoded, outworn, superannuated |
| Antonyms: | forward-looking, modern, new, recent |
| Main Entry: | archaic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very old |
| Synonyms: | ancient, antiquated, antique, bygone, obsolete, old-fashioned, olden, out of date, outmoded, passé, primitive, superannuated |
| Antonyms: | current, modern, new, present, young |
| Main Entry: | behind the times |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not current |
| Synonyms: | antiquated, back-number, dated, has-been, obsolete, of the old school, old hat, old hat, old-fashioned, out of date, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, passe, square, unfashionable |
| Main Entry: | dated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out-of-date |
| Synonyms: | antiquated, archaic, behind the times, obsolescent, obsolete, old hat, old-fashioned, out of style, outdated, outmoded, passé, unfashionable |
| Main Entry: | dowdy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poorly dressed; old-fashioned |
| Synonyms: | antiquated, archaic, baggy, bedraggled, blowsy, bygone, dated, dingy, drab, dull, frowzy, frumpy, homely, moldy, old hat, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, passé, plain, run-down, scrubby, shabby, slatternly, sloppy, slovenly, stodgy, tacky, tasteless, unfashionable, unkempt, unseemly, unstylish, untidy, vintage, wrinkled |
| Antonyms: | chic, classy, fashionable, modern |
| Main Entry: | extinct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dead, obsolete |
| Synonyms: | abolished, archaic, asleep, bygone, cold*, dead and gone, deceased, defunct, departed, disappeared, done for, doused, ended, exanimate, exterminated, extinguished, fallen, gone, inactive, late, lifeless, lost, no longer known, out, outmoded, passed on, passé, snuffed out, superseded, terminated, unknown, vanished, vanquished, void |
| Antonyms: | alive, existing, extant, living |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hackneyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clichéd, tired |
| Synonyms: | antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, conventional, corny*, everyday, familiar tune, hokey, moth-eaten, obsolete, old, old-chestnut, old-hat, old-saw, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, overworked, pedestrian*, played-out, quotidian, run-of-the-mill, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tripe, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, worn-out |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, original, uncommon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obsolete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | no longer in use, in vogue |
| Synonyms: | anachronistic, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, dated, dead, dead and gone, dinosaur, discarded, disused, done for, dusty, extinct, fossil, gone, had it, has-been, horse and buggy, kaput, moldy, moth-eaten, old, old-fashioned, old-hat, old-school, out*, out-of-date, out-of-fashion, outmoded, outworn, passé, stale, superannuated, superseded, timeworn, unfashionable |
| Notes: | things that are no longer used or needed are obsolete; things that are becoming obsolete are obsolescent |
| Antonyms: | contemporary, current, in vogue, modern, new, present, up-to-date |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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