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ANACHRONISM Synonyms

There are 13 synonyms of the word anachronism. (exact relations)
There are 9 hypernyms of the word anachronism. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for ANACHRONISM

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absurdity
nounn
noun

• a message whose content is at variance with reason

• a ludicrous folly

archaism
nounn
noun

• the use of an archaic expression

discrepancy
nounn
noun

• a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

• an event that departs from expectations

error
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

• inadvertent incorrectness

• a misconception resulting from incorrect information

• (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

• departure from what is ethically acceptable

• (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

• part of a statement that is not correct

incongruity
nounn
noun

• the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

incongruousness
nounn
noun

• the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

inconsistency
nounn
noun

• the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time

• the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts

mistake
nounn
noun

• a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

• an understanding of something that is not correct

• part of a statement that is not correct

verb

• identify incorrectly

• to make a mistake or be incorrect

old-fashionedness
nounn
noun

• the property of being no longer fashionable

relic
nounn
noun

• an antiquity that has survived from the distant past

• something of sentimental value

throwback
nounn
noun

• an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism

• a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

adjective satellite

• characteristic of an atavist

misdating
verbv
noun

• something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

mistiming
nounn
noun

• something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

Best Hypernyms For ANACHRONISM

Here is a list of related hypernyms for anachronism, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
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Alternatives for ABSURDITY

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