Thesaurus:obsolete

Thesaurus

obsolete

English

Adjective

Sense: no longer in use

Synonyms

• 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
• Miss Havishamesque
• obsolete
• old    [⇒ thesaurus]
• old-fashioned
• oldfangled
• out of date
• outdated
• outmoded
• outworn
• parachronistic
• passé
• superannuated
• superseded
• venerable

Antonyms

• active    [⇒ thesaurus]
• current
• employed
• fashionable    [⇒ thesaurus]
• future proof
• in use
• nascent
• new    [⇒ thesaurus]
• newfangled
• novel
• recent
• up-to-date

Hyponyms

• deprecated    [⇒ thesaurus] (computing)
• obsolescent
• on its way out
•   —
• has-been
• hors de combat
• inoperative
• moribund

See also

• Thesaurus:former

Further reading

• “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.