Antonyms for archaic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ahr-key-ik

Phonetic Transcription : ɑrˈkeɪ ɪk

Definition of archaic

Origin : 1810, from or by influence of French archaique (1776), ultimately from Greek arkhaikos "old-fashioned," from arkhaios "ancient," from arkhe "beginning" (see archon). Archaical is attested from 1799.

adj very old

Example sentences :

The original telegraph of Morse, exhibited in 1837, has become an archaic form.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

Archaic, primitive, so ancient as to be rude, or at least extremely simple.
Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith

He is a diplomatist, an ecclesiastic, an embodiment of all that is severe and archaic in authority.
Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting

Archaic and variable spelling and hyphenation are preserved.
Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke

Archaic and variable spelling is preserved, including pic-nic.
Extract from : « What the Blackbird said » by Mrs. Frederick Locker

In some of their most archaic works, the Greeks fall into the imitation of this way.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

There is a lot of archaic language in this text, which remains as printed.
Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang

There is nothing at all of an archaic character, however, in this example of shell-carving.
Extract from : « The Clyde Mystery » by Andrew Lang

At that time my hair was archaic 54enough in length to grease the collar of my coat.
Extract from : « Ten Tales » by Franois Coppe

These inconsistencies, along with archaic spelling, have been retained throughout.
Extract from : « Pirates » by Anonymous

Synonyms for archaic

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