Synonyms for olden
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ohl-duh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊl dən |
Top 10 synonyms for olden Other synonyms for the word olden
- dated
- decayed
- demode
- done
- early
- erstwhile
- former
- hackneyed
- hoary
- immemorial
- late
- moth-eaten
- of old
- of yore
- old as Methuselah
- old as the hills
- old-fashioned
- old-time
- oldfangled
- once
- onetime
- original
- out-of-date
- outmoded
- passé
- past
- primeval
- primitive
- primordial
- pristine
- quondam
- relic
- remote
- rusty
- sometime
- stale
- superannuated
- time-worn
- timeworn
- traditional
- unfashionable
- unoriginal
- venerable
- worn-out
Définition of olden
Origin :- early 15c., from old + -en (2).
- adj old
- Why should not miracles come now, as in the olden days, for had not all this been ordained from the beginning?
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- The tone of olden friendliness was hard to bear, when no other voices answered.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- On the whole, he was like a baron of the olden time in a rare good humour.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- In olden days, other houses of tradesmen besides inns had signs.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- In the olden days it would have been a laugh, but Gloria must wait for strength to laugh.
- Extract from : « Gloria and Treeless Street » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- This is a tradition of the olden time, to which priests and poets bear witness.
- Extract from : « Meno » by Plato
- Many relics of the olden time are preserved in these apartments.
- Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
- There was a mighty stir in the streets of Paris, as Paris' streets were in the olden time.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 » by Various
- The bureau in this room is the one that stood there in the olden time.
- Extract from : « Whittier-land » by Samuel T. Pickard
- For a slate or blackboard, he used the beach, as did Archimedes of the olden time.
- Extract from : « Adrift on the Pacific » by Edward S. Ellis
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