Thesaurus:obsolete
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Sense: no longer in use
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- anachronistic [⇒ thesaurus]
- antediluvial (rare)
- antediluvian
- antiquated
- antique
- archaic
- backward
- backwards
- behind the times
- cobwebbed (figurative)
- cobwebby (figurative)
- dated
- defunct
- discontinued
- disused
- dootsie (UK dialect)
- elderly [⇒ thesaurus]
- extinct
- expired
- fossilized
- Havishamesque
- idle
- Miss Havishamesque
- obsolete
- old [⇒ thesaurus]
- old-fashioned
- oldfangled
- unemployed [⇒ thesaurus]
- unoccupied
- out of date
- outdated
- outmoded
- outworn
- parachronistic
- passé
- superannuated
- superseded
- venerable
- workless
Antonyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]- deprecated [⇒ thesaurus] (computing)
- obsolescent
- on its way out
- —
- has-been
- hors de combat
- inoperative
- moribund
Hypernyms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “124. oldness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “obsolete” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
- some synonyms at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.