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time-worn
adjective as in old
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in olden
Weak matches
- aboriginal
- age-old
- ancient
- antediluvian
- antiquated
- antique
- archaic
- bygone
- crumbling
- dated
- decayed
- démodé
- done
- early
- erstwhile
- former
- hackneyed
- hoary
- immemorial
- late
- moth-eaten
- of old
- of yore
- old as Methuselah
- old as the hills
- old-fashioned
- old-time
- oldfangled
- once
- onetime
- original
- out-of-date
- outmoded
- passé
- past
- primeval
- primitive
- primordial
- pristine
- quondam
- relic
- remote
- rusty
- sometime
- stale
- superannuated
- timeworn
- traditional
- unfashionable
- unoriginal
- venerable
- worn-out
Example Sentences
And the “Milk & Cookie Shot,” sometimes referred to as the “chocolate chip cookie shot,” is a unique spin on a time-worn classic.
Earning the gratitude of lobbyists is a time-worn practice in politics.
My late grandfather, Reb Zalman Serebryanski, would repeat the time-worn adage “a Chassid is a soldat (soldier).”
Ere we reached it I observed how each passer-by cast a sly furtive glance up at its time-worn walls.
The large comb at that time worn in Buenos Aires as in Spain, generally made of tortoise-shell, and sometimes two feet in width.
Sometimes this throat uttered Yes, sometimes it uttered No; sometimes it made inquiries about a time worn denizen of the place.
You shall not hold back his hand from working its own beautiful designs, that it may putty up the cracks in your time-worn vessel.
The two hospital surgeons, by this time worn out, accepted the offer and withdrew.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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