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  • As in old : adj obsolete, outdated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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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