Antonyms for oldtime


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ohld-tahym
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊldˈtaɪm


Definition of oldtime

Origin :
  • 1824, from old + time (n.). Related: Old-timey (1850).
  • As in old : adj obsolete, outdated
  • As in old-fashioned : adj antiquated
  • As in outmoded : adj obsolete, old-fashioned
  • As in veteran : adj experienced, seasoned
  • As in old-time : adj outmoded
  • As in bygone : adj in the past
  • As in quondam : adj former
  • As in age-old : adj very old
  • As in fusty : adj old-fashioned
  • As in olden : adj old
  • As in passe : adj old-fashioned
Example sentences :
  • He's older, is an oldtime cow hand that has retired, when Mrs. Gillis will let him.
  • Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney
  • But there was Cora Rathmore, her oldtime roommate and enemy, right ahead.
  • Extract from : « A Little Miss Nobody » by Amy Bell Marlowe
  • Then there began to gather at Yale the oldtime players, who acted as coaches.
  • Extract from : « Baseball Joe at Yale » by Lester Chadwick
  • With his oldtime vivacity Jack set out on his new undertaking.
  • Extract from : « Jack North's Treasure Hunt » by Roy Rockwood
  • The good Duke of Savoy was now dead; but the duchess received the chevalier at her court with her oldtime friendliness.
  • Extract from : « With Spurs of Gold » by Frances Nimmo Greene
  • There is an oldtime poem, which perhaps was in your school readers, "Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?"
  • Extract from : « The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society » by Upton Sinclair
  • An oldtime acquaintance in Denver with the ways of journalism led him to the nearest newspaper office.
  • Extract from : « The Terms of Surrender » by Louis Tracy
  • As much as we regret the passing of the oldtime grocer I'm sure that none of us would seriously suggest we bring him back.
  • Extract from : « The Great Gray Plague » by Raymond F. Jones
  • A Kansas settler's recollections of an oldtime Thanksgiving in western Massachusetts.
  • Extract from : « The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories » by Various
  • Since his long illness in the spring Sammy had remained something of a stranger to his oldtime boy friends.
  • Extract from : « The Corner House Girls Growing Up » by Grace Brooks Hill

Synonyms for oldtime

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