ARCHAIC Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word archaic. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for ARCHAIC
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| obsolete | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • no longer in use • old; no longer valid or fashionable | ||||||||
| ancient | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • a very old person • a person who lived in ancient times adjective satellite • belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire • very old | ||||||||
| antique | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • an elderly man • any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity adjective satellite • made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age • out of fashion • belonging to or lasting from times long ago verb • shop for antiques • give an antique appearance to | ||||||||
| old | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age • of long duration; not new noun • past times adjective satellite • of a very early stage in development • (used for emphasis) very familiar • skilled through long experience • belonging to some prior time • excellent • just preceding something else in time or order | ||||||||
| old-fashioned | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • out of fashion | ||||||||
| outdated | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • old; no longer valid or fashionable | ||||||||
| outmoded | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • out of fashion | ||||||||
| vintage | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • a season's yield of wine from a vineyard • the oldness of wines | ||||||||
| antediluvian | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to the period before the biblical flood noun • any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge • a very old person adjective satellite • so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | ||||||||
| antiquated | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | ||||||||
| dated | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past | ||||||||
| primitive | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization • a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived • a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms adjective satellite • belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness • little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type • used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies • of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style | ||||||||
