Antonyms for old time
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : ohld-tahym |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊldˈtaɪm |
Definition of old time
Origin :- 1824, from old + time (n.). Related: Old-timey (1850).
- As in old : adj obsolete, outdated
- As in old-fashioned : adj antiquated
- As in outmoded : adj obsolete, old-fashioned
- As in veteran : adj experienced, seasoned
- As in old-time : adj outmoded
- As in bygone : adj in the past
- As in quondam : adj former
- As in age-old : adj very old
- As in fusty : adj old-fashioned
- As in olden : adj old
- As in passe : adj old-fashioned
- As in past : noun time gone by
- I want to eat when I am hungry, sleep when I am weary, drink—well, any old time.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- Old time is present, and all old feelings are as the times and feelings that will be.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- In the old time the prisoners were put in so, like Joseph into the pit.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- His behaviour in the old time was not so pleasant, but he had been as one of the family.
- Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
- It flooded everything about her, and bathed the world in other hues than the old time.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- No, the old time will be adhered to just as if it was cold and wet and freezing.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- You can eat any old time, but it isn't often that you can see what I am going to show you.
- Extract from : « Phyllis » by Dorothy Whitehill
- The love we have now is good and sweet and true; that of the old time was sweeter.
- Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland
- The Stickneys were one of the greatest of the old time circus families.
- Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
- The Cosmos as such is cannibal; as old Time ate his children.
- Extract from : « A Miscellany of Men » by G. K. Chesterton
Synonyms for old time
- aboriginal
- adept
- age-old
- aged
- anachronistic
- ancient
- antediluvian
- antiquated
- antique
- antiquity
- archaic
- battle-scarred
- been around
- behind the times
- belated
- bent
- boring
- bygone
- cast-off
- conservative
- corny
- crumbling
- dated
- days gone by
- dead
- decayed
- defunct
- demode
- demoded
- departed
- dinosaur
- disapproved
- disciplined
- disused
- done
- dowdy
- down memory lane
- dull
- early
- erstwhile
- exercised
- expert
- extinct
- forgotten
- former
- former times
- fossilized
- from way back
- fusty
- gone
- gone by
- good old days
- grown old
- hackneyed
- hardened
- has-been
- history
- hoary
- horse and buggy
- immemorial
- in oblivion
- inured
- knows one's stuff
- late
- long ago
- long-serving
- long-time
- lost
- moldy
- moth-eaten
- musty
- neglected
- not born yesterday
- not current
- not modern
- 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 lang syne
- old times
- old-fangled
- old-fashioned
- old-hat
- old-time
- olden
- olden days
- oldfangled
- once
- one-time
- onetime
- original
- out
- out of it
- out of style
- out-of-date
- out-of-style
- outdated
- outmoded
- outworn
- passé
- past
- practical
- practiced
- preceding
- previous
- primeval
- primitive
- primordial
- pristine
- pro
- proficient
- quondam
- relic
- remote
- rococo
- rusty
- skilled
- sometime
- sophisticated
- stale
- steady
- stuffy
- superannuated
- superseded
- time immemorial
- time-worn
- times past
- timeworn
- tired
- traditional
- trained
- unfashionable
- unoriginal
- unstylish
- unusable
- up to speed
- vanished
- venerable
- versed
- vet
- vintage
- water over the dam
- water under the bridge
- weathered
- well-established
- wise
- wise to ways
- worldly
- worn-out
- years ago
- yesterday
- yesteryear
- yore
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