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CONTEMPORARY Antonyms

There are 13 antonyms of the word contemporary. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For CONTEMPORARY

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archaic
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

• little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

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

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

obsolete
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• no longer in use

• old; no longer valid or fashionable

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outdated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• old; no longer valid or fashionable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

past
adverb, nounadv, n
adjective

• earlier than the present time; no longer current

noun

• the time that has elapsed

• a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)

• a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

adverb

• so as to pass a given point

adjective satellite

• of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

traditional
adjectiveadj
adjective

• consisting of or derived from tradition

adjective satellite

• pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines

anachronistic
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• chronologically misplaced

coming
verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj
noun

• the act of drawing spatially closer to something

• arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

• the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

• the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

adjective satellite

• of the relatively near future

Alternatives for ARCHAIC

Alternatives for ANCIENT

Alternatives for ANTIQUATED

Alternatives for DATED

Alternatives for OBSOLETE

Alternatives for OLD

Alternatives for OLD-FASHIONED

Alternatives for OUTDATED

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