Antonyms for antiquated


Grammar : Adj
Spell : an-ti-kwey-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn tɪˌkweɪ tɪd


Definition of antiquated

Origin :
  • 1620s, past participle adjective from antiquate (1530s) "to make old or obsolete," from Latin antiquatus, past participle of antiquare (see antique (adj.)). An older adjective in the same sense was antiquate (early 15c.), from Latin.
  • adj obsolete
Example sentences :
  • A dry, antiquated woman, she greeted me with unexpected frankness.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Some of them are antiquated; not all are legitimate; the best have their drawbacks.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the Study of History » by Charles V. Langlois
  • "That theory is older than the discovery of the antiquated zipper," Spink orated.
  • Extract from : « Operation Earthworm » by Joe Archibald
  • The close black felt bonnet was rusty and of antiquated shape.
  • Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
  • Remove the antiquated restrictions that enslave our daily actions.
  • Extract from : « Rabbi and Priest » by Milton Goldsmith
  • If you heed it not, you may look meagre and antiquated by-and-by.
  • Extract from : « Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women » by George Sumner Weaver
  • Antiquated as our popular follies was the organization of our small society.
  • Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
  • That musket is antiquated now, but it did much execution in former days.
  • Extract from : « Reminiscences of a Rebel » by Wayland Fuller Dunaway
  • The antiquated coquette understood the trick that had been played her.
  • Extract from : « Louise de la Valliere » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
  • Miss Abingdon had antiquated notions of a chaperon's duties.
  • Extract from : « Peter and Jane » by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan

Synonyms for antiquated

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