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Synonyms for old fashioned
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : ohld-fash-uhnd |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊldˈfæʃ ənd |
Top 10 synonyms for old fashioned Other synonyms for the word old fashioned
- aboriginal
- absent
- aged
- anachronistic
- antediluvian
- antique
- at an end
- back number
- back-number
- backward-looking
- badly dressed
- banal
- been around
- behind the times
- belated
- blowsy
- boring
- buttoned-down
- bygone
- cast-off
- cheesy
- cold
- common
- commonplace
- concerned
- conforming
- conformist
- conservative
- conventional
- creaky
- crumbling
- dated
- dead
- dead and gone
- decayed
- decrepit
- defunct
- demode
- demoded
- departed
- dilapidated
- dingy
- dinosaur
- disapproved
- discarded
- disused
- done
- done for
- doused
- dowdy
- down memory lane
- drab
- dull
- dusty
- earlier generation
- early
- edgy
- elderly
- ended
- erstwhile
- evocative
- exhausted
- expired
- extinct
- extinguished
- feeble
- feudal
- few miles on
- finished
- fogyish
- forgotten
- former
- fossil
- frumpish
- frumpy
- fusty
- gone
- gone by
- Gothic
- grown old
- hackneyed
- had it
- has-been
- hoary
- homely
- horse and buggy
- immemorial
- impossible
- in oblivion
- in period style
- inelegant
- kaput
- late
- leftovers
- lost
- lot of mileage
- mawkish
- melodramatic
- moldy
- moribund
- moth-eaten
- musty
- neglected
- nervy
- nostalgic
- not allowed
- not current
- not modern
- not on
- not with it
- obsolescent
- obsolete
- odd
- of old
- of olden days
- of the old school
- of yore
- old
- old as Methuselah
- old as the hills
- old goat
- old hat
- old line
- old world
- old-fangled
- old-fashioned
- old-hat
- old-school
- old-time
- olden
- older
- oldfangled
- oldie
- on edge
- on the defensive
- once
- one-time
- onetime
- original
- out
- out of date
- out of it
- out of style
- out-of-date
- out-of-fashion
- out-of-style
- outdated
- outmoded
- outside
- outworn
- passé
- past
- period
- plain
- poorly dressed
- previous
- primal
- primeval
- primitive
- primordial
- pristine
- quondam
- ragged
- relic
- remote
- restive
- rococo
- ruled out
- rusty
- sentimental
- shabby
- shopworn
- sloppy
- sometime
- square
- stale
- stereotyped
- stereotypical
- stodgy
- strait-laced
- strict
- stuffy
- stupid
- styleless
- superannuated
- superseded
- tacky
- tattered
- tense
- threadbare
- time-worn
- timeworn
- tired
- traditional
- trite
- troubled
- unacceptable
- unattractive
- uneasy
- unenlightened
- unfashionable
- unimaginative
- unkempt
- unoriginal
- unprogressive
- unstylish
- used up
- vanished
- venerable
- very old
- vintage
- warmed-over
- water over the dam
- water under the bridge
- well-established
- withdrawn
- worn
- worn-out
- worried
- worse for wear
Définition of old fashioned
Origin :- 1590s, "in an outdated style," from old + past participle of fashion (v.). As a type of cocktail, attested from 1901, American English.
- Old Fashioned Tom Gin Cocktail Mix same as Holland Gin Old Fashioned Cocktail using Old Tom gin in place of Holland [George J. Kappeler, "Modern American Drinks," Akron, Ohio, 1900]
- As in archaic : adj very old
- As in medieval : adj having to do with the middle ages; old
- As in moth-eaten : adj shabby; stale
- As in musty : adj worn-out, clichéd
- As in obsolete : adj no longer in use, in vogue
- As in old : adj obsolete, outdated
- As in old-fashioned : adj antiquated
- As in out : adj not possible; gone
- As in retro : adj from yesteryear
- As in behind the times : adj not current
- As in uptight : adj nervous
- As in mossy : adj antiquated
- As in old-time : adj outmoded
- As in superannuated : adj obsolete
- As in superseded : adj out-of-date
- As in unfashionable : adj out-of-style
- As in bygone : adj in the past
- As in old hat : adj overfamiliar
- As in age-old : adj very old
- As in button-down : adj conventional
- As in frumpish : adj tacky
- As in olden : adj old
- As in corny : adj trite, clichéd
- As in dated : adj out-of-date
- As in ancient : adj old, often very old
- As in frumpy : adj dowdy
- As in antediluvian : adj out-of-date; prehistoric
- As in antiquated : adj obsolete
- As in hoary : adj ancient
- As in hokey : adj corny
- As in old school : noun earliest way of doing things
- He was advised that the old fashioned way of nursing babies was obsolete.
- Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
- Some people thought her old fashioned, strait-laced, prudish.
- Extract from : « The Mask » by Arthur Hornblow
- The house is old fashioned and irregular, but lodgeable and commodious.
- Extract from : « The Expedition of Humphry Clinker » by Tobias Smollett
- Well, you know the result: the old fashioned man got round her.
- Extract from : « You Never Can Tell » by George Bernard Shaw
- There was a cot, an old fashioned wash stand and a sort of closet.
- Extract from : « A Modern Cinderella » by Amanda M. Douglas
- Old fashioned, too, she was; but ante-bellum glory did not radiate from her as it did from the major.
- Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry
- If it wasn't a velosipede, it would be an old fashioned wheelbarrow.
- Extract from : « Josh Billings' Old Farmer's Allminax » by Henry Wheeler Shaw
- An old fashioned Virginia wedding was an event to be remembered.
- Extract from : « Plantation Reminiscences » by Letitia M. Burwell
- In those days nothing but old fashioned Kentucky rifles were in use.
- Extract from : « Forty Years Among the Indians » by Daniel W. Jones
- The entire house is—in fact—furnished with old fashioned furniture.
- Extract from : « Cox--The Man » by Roger W. Babson
Antonyms for old fashioned
- alive
- animated
- bare
- calm
- chic
- clean
- clear
- collected
- composed
- contemporary
- cool
- current
- dry
- easy-going
- elegant
- existent
- existing
- fashionable
- forward-looking
- fresh
- here
- in
- in vogue
- incomplete
- intelligent
- interested
- laid-back
- living
- mod
- modern
- new
- original
- possible
- present
- prickly
- recent
- saved
- smart
- stored
- stylish
- sweet-smelling
- trendy
- unemotional
- unfinished
- unique
- unused
- unworried
- up-to-date
- warm
- young
- youthful
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