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Antonyms for old fashioned


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : ohld-fash-uhnd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊldˈfæʃ ənd



Definition of old fashioned

Origin :
  • 1590s, "in an outdated style," from old + past participle of fashion (v.). As a type of cocktail, attested from 1901, American English.
  • Old Fashioned Tom Gin Cocktail Mix same as Holland Gin Old Fashioned Cocktail using Old Tom gin in place of Holland [George J. Kappeler, "Modern American Drinks," Akron, Ohio, 1900]
  • As in archaic : adj very old
  • As in medieval : adj having to do with the middle ages; old
  • As in moth-eaten : adj shabby; stale
  • As in musty : adj worn-out, clichéd
  • As in obsolete : adj no longer in use, in vogue
  • As in old : adj obsolete, outdated
  • As in old-fashioned : adj antiquated
  • As in out : adj not possible; gone
  • As in retro : adj from yesteryear
  • As in behind the times : adj not current
  • As in uptight : adj nervous
  • As in mossy : adj antiquated
  • As in old-time : adj outmoded
  • As in superannuated : adj obsolete
  • As in superseded : adj out-of-date
  • As in unfashionable : adj out-of-style
  • As in bygone : adj in the past
  • As in old hat : adj overfamiliar
  • As in age-old : adj very old
  • As in button-down : adj conventional
  • As in frumpish : adj tacky
  • As in olden : adj old
  • As in corny : adj trite, clichéd
  • As in dated : adj out-of-date
  • As in ancient : adj old, often very old
  • As in frumpy : adj dowdy
  • As in antediluvian : adj out-of-date; prehistoric
  • As in antiquated : adj obsolete
  • As in hoary : adj ancient
  • As in hokey : adj corny
  • As in old school : noun earliest way of doing things
Example sentences :
  • He was advised that the old fashioned way of nursing babies was obsolete.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • Some people thought her old fashioned, strait-laced, prudish.
  • Extract from : « The Mask » by Arthur Hornblow
  • The house is old fashioned and irregular, but lodgeable and commodious.
  • Extract from : « The Expedition of Humphry Clinker » by Tobias Smollett
  • Well, you know the result: the old fashioned man got round her.
  • Extract from : « You Never Can Tell » by George Bernard Shaw
  • There was a cot, an old fashioned wash stand and a sort of closet.
  • Extract from : « A Modern Cinderella » by Amanda M. Douglas
  • Old fashioned, too, she was; but ante-bellum glory did not radiate from her as it did from the major.
  • Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry
  • If it wasn't a velosipede, it would be an old fashioned wheelbarrow.
  • Extract from : « Josh Billings' Old Farmer's Allminax » by Henry Wheeler Shaw
  • An old fashioned Virginia wedding was an event to be remembered.
  • Extract from : « Plantation Reminiscences » by Letitia M. Burwell
  • In those days nothing but old fashioned Kentucky rifles were in use.
  • Extract from : « Forty Years Among the Indians » by Daniel W. Jones
  • The entire house is—in fact—furnished with old fashioned furniture.
  • Extract from : « Cox--The Man » by Roger W. Babson

Synonyms for old fashioned

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