Definition for Obsolete:

• An obsolete word or expression.

Synonyms for Obsolete:

• adj.

  •ancient (adjective)
  • motheaten,
  • lot mileage,
  • by-gone,
  • moth eaten,
  • creakiest,
  • by gone,
  • relic,
  • age old,
  • most oldie,
  • timeworn,
  • more oldie,
  • re mote,
  • primeval,
  • most relic,
  • more relic,
  • re-mote,
  • most fossil,
  • more fossil.
  •antediluvian (adjective)
  • primitive,
  • ante-diluvian,
  • ante diluvian.
  •antique (adjective)
  • vintage,
  • pre-historic,
  • pre historic.
  •behind the times (adjective)
  • more back number,
  • more has been,
  • more back-number,
  • of old school,
  • backnumber,
  • most hasbeen,
  • more backnumber,
  • most back number,
  • has been,
  • most has been,
  • un-fashionable,
  • more hasbeen,
  • most has-been,
  • hasbeen,
  • most back-number,
  • un fashionable,
  • behind times,
  • most backnumber,
  • more has-been.
  •dated (adjective)
  • out of style,
  • out style.
  •dead (adjective)
  • sterile,
  • inoperable,
  • wearied.
  •defunct (adjective)
  • exanimate,
  • Non-existent,
  • had it,
  • kaput.
  •discarded (adjective)
  • more castoff,
  • dis carded,
  • more castaway,
  • dis continued,
  • most shelved,
  • most scrapped,
  • more scrapped,
  • more shelved,
  • most castaway,
  • dis-carded,
  • more junked,
  • dis-continued,
  • most junked,
  • most castoff.
  •disused (adjective)
  • forsaken,
  • rejected,
  • relinquished,
  • Refused,
  • rusty,
  • abandoned,
  • deserted,
  • unused.
  •effete (adjective)
  • washed-out,
  • enervated,
  • over-refined,
  • far-gone,
  • washed out,
  • overrefined,
  • over-ripe,
  • overripe,
  • played out.
  •hackneyed (adjective)
  • old-chestnut,
  • familiar tune,
  • old saw,
  • old-hat,
  • wornout,
  • well-worn,
  • old chestnut,
  • old-saw,
  • run of the mill,
  • stocker,
  • played-out.
  •outdated (adjective)
  • out dated.
  •outdated/out-of-date (adjective)
  • more anachronous,
  • most anachronous,
  • more out of date.
  •outmoded (adjective)
  • anachronistic,
  • dinosaur,
  • fossilized,
  • horse and buggy.
  •out of print (adjective)
  • out of stock,
  • no longer published.
  •passe (adjective)
  • passer.
  •rejected (adjective)
  • discarded.

• n.

  •
  • study at old.
  •back up (noun)
  • back.

• v.

  •date (verb)
  • showed one age,
  • shows one's age,
  • showing age,
  • show ones age,
  • showing ones age,
  • shows ones age,
  • showing one age,
  • archaizes,
  • showed one's age,
  • showed age,
  • showing one's age,
  • show age,
  • shows one age,
  • Archaized,
  • antiquating,
  • show one age,
  • shows age,
  • Archaizing,
  • showed ones age,
  • antiquates.
  •outdate (verb)
  • out dating,
  • out date,
  • out-dating,
  • out dates,
  • out-date,
  • out-dates.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Obsoletism.
  •out-of-date
  • Superseded.
  •outmoded
  • old-time.

Paraphrases for Obsolete:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    outmoded, out-of-date, antiquated, out-dated.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    tattered, stereotypical, disappearing, redundant, defunct, unnecessary, end-of-life, irrelevant, expired, disused, overwhelmed, useless, overshot, pointless, inappropriate, ancient, dated, dirty, Superseded, overdue, deciduous, late, old-growth, backward, invalid.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    obsolescent, archaic, old-fashioned, superfluous, outdated, dilapidated, old, stale.
  • Proper noun, singular
    outdated, stale.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    obsoleta.

Antonyms for Obsolete:

• adj.

  • no longer in use, in vogue
    current, new, modern, in vogue, present, contemporary, up-to-date.
  • Other antonyms:
    juvenile, fresh, operable, employed, remodeled, mod, renewed, modernized, young, operating, active, functioning, alive, operative, new-fashioned, youthful, recent, refurbished, present-day, busy, workable, novel, operational, functional, up-to-the-minute, upstart, new-made, newfangled, late, ultramodern.

Obsolete Sentence Examples:

• Both the Greek and the Roman masterpiece are read now rather for their incidental observations upon human nature and the fundamental principles of art, than for instruction in a particular form of art which, in the course of time, has become obsolete.

• The impeachment of cabinet ministers may be regarded, indeed, as obsolete.