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Antonyms for age old
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : eyj-ohld |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈeɪdʒˌoʊld |
Definition of age old
Origin :- 1896, from age (n.) + old.
- As in old : adj obsolete, outdated
- As in old : adj traditional, long-established
- As in age-old : adj very old
- As in olden : adj old
- As in aged : adj old
- As in ancient : adj old, often very old
- As in antediluvian : adj out-of-date; prehistoric
- As in hoary : adj ancient
- As in immemorial : adj ancient, old
- What if he forced her into the age old thing she had done so often?
- Extract from : « Deadly City » by Paul W. Fairman
- Among the age old arts of the celestials none is more strangely inspiring than that of medicine.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- There followed the age old drama of a boy with something in his possession and a monkey who wants it.
- Extract from : « The Rope of Gold » by Roy J. Snell
- And women of my age—old women, you understand—are the only ones who care about the future of those they love.
- Extract from : « Rene Mauperin » by Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt
- Arthur was then sixteen years of age—old for his years, traveled, clever—strong in body and robust in health.
- Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 » by Elbert Hubbard
- Welcomed home like the "return of the prodigal," the age old gossip of "I told you so!"
- Extract from : « The Homesteader » by Oscar Micheaux
- This fact again calls to mind the truth of that age old maxim, "Experience is the best teacher."
- Extract from : « The Accomplished Muskrat Trapper » by A. E. (Arno Erdman) Schmidt
Synonyms for age old
- aboriginal
- age-old
- aged
- ancient
- antediluvian
- antiquated
- antique
- archaic
- back number
- been around
- bygone
- cast-off
- constant
- continuing
- creaky
- crumbling
- dated
- decayed
- demode
- done
- early
- elderly
- enduring
- erstwhile
- established
- experienced
- familiar
- few miles on
- firm
- fixed
- forever
- former
- fossil
- getting on
- gray
- hackneyed
- hardened
- hoary
- immemorial
- inveterate
- late
- lifelong
- long-lasting
- long-lived
- long-standing
- lot of mileage
- moth-eaten
- obsolete
- of long standing
- of old
- of yore
- old
- old as Methuselah
- old as the hills
- old goat
- old-fashioned
- old-time
- olden
- older
- oldfangled
- oldie
- once
- onetime
- original
- out-of-date
- outmoded
- over the hill
- passé
- past
- perennial
- perpetual
- practiced
- prehistoric
- primal
- primeval
- primitive
- primordial
- pristine
- quondam
- relic
- remote
- rooted
- rusty
- senescent
- senior citizen
- shot
- skilled
- solid
- sometime
- stale
- staying
- steady
- superannuated
- time-honored
- time-worn
- timeworn
- traditional
- unfashionable
- unoriginal
- venerable
- versed
- very old
- veteran
- vintage
- well-established
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
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