Archaic

//ɑːˈkeɪ.ɪk//

Synonyms for "archaic" (93 found)

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Closest matches (19)

antiquated dated obsolete musty out of date abandoned abjured ancient antediluvian antique behind the times belated bygone classical date

Adjective(2 words)

antediluvial backward

Adjective(2 words)

antediluvian antiquated

Strong matches (28)

Related words (46)

Adjective(8 words)

obsolete old fashioned old school old use ossified parachronistic unemployed venerable

of other times old old fashioned old hat old world old-fashioned old-timey old-world on the shelf out out of use out-of-date outdated outmoded outworn parachronistic passe past use pensioned off persistent

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petrified quaint relinquished renounced resigned retired rococo superannuate superannuated superseded time-worn undeveloped victorian vintage worn out worn-out

Prep_phrase(1 words)

out of date

Adjective(1 words)

primitive

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Synonyms

4 entries

antiquated dated obsolete old fashioned

Related terms

12 entries

Paleo-indian Paleolithic archaeologist archaeology archeobacteria archeologist archeology culture horizon paleo paleoethnobotany stage

derived

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archaic smile archaical archaically archaicism archaicity archaicize archaicness archaicy archaism archaist hyperarchaic nonarchaic pseudo-archaic superarchaic unarchaic

etymologically related_to

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archaism

has context

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archaeology paleoanthropology us

related to

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antiquated antiquity archaeologist archaeology archeobacteria old fashioned paleo paleoethnobotany period prehistoric quaint western hemisphere

similar

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early old

Translations

77 translations across 44 languages.

Albanian

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arkaik adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἀρχαϊκός adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Arabic

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قَدِيم adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

arxaik adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Belarusian

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архаі́чны adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Bulgarian

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архаи́чен adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
дре́вен adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
стар adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Catalan

1 entries

arcaic adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Chinese Mandarin

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古老的 adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
古舊的 /古旧的 adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
過時的 /过时的 adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Czech

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archaický adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Danish

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arkaisk adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
fortidig adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
gammeldags adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Dutch

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archaïsch adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
ouderwets adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
verouderd adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Esperanto

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arkaika adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Finnish

4 entries

antiikkinen adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
antiikkinen adj (belonging to the archaic period)
arkaistinen adj (belonging to the archaic period)
vanhahtava adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

French

1 entries

archaïque adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Galician

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arcaico adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Georgian

4 entries

არქაული adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
არქაული adj (belonging to the archaic period)
ძველთაძველი adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
ძველი adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

German

2 entries

archaisch adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
veraltet adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Greek

4 entries

απαρχαιωμένος adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
αρχαίος adj (belonging to the archaic period)
αρχαϊκός adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
αρχαϊκός adj (belonging to the archaic period)

Hindi

2 entries

पुरातन adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
प्राचीन adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Icelandic

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gamaldags adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Indonesian

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arkais adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Irish

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ársa adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Italian

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arcaico adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Japanese

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初期 adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
古代の adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Korean

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고대적 adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Latin

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archaicus adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Latvian

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veclaicīgs adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Macedonian

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архаичен adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Māori

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matangarongaro adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Norwegian Bokmål

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arkaisk adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
foreldet adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
gammeldags adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Polish

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archaiczny adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
archaiczny adj (belonging to the archaic period)

Portuguese

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arcaico adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
arcaico adj (belonging to the archaic period)

Romanian

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arhaic adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
învechit adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Russian

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архаи́чный adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
дре́вний adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
ста́рый adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Scottish Gaelic

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àrsaidh adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Serbo-Croatian

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arhàičan adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
арха̀ичан adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Slovak

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archaický adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Slovene

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arhaični adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Spanish

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arcaico adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
arcaizante adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Swahili

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dinari adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Swedish

4 entries

arkaiserande adj (belonging to the archaic period)
arkaisk adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)
arkaisk adj (belonging to the archaic period)
ålderdomlig adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Turkish

1 entries

antik adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Ukrainian

1 entries

архаї́чний adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Vietnamese

1 entries

cổ hủ adj (old-fashioned or antiquated)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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The written form looks like an archaic form of English.

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This expression is archaic.

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His ideas are a little archaic.

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This grammatical construction is archaic.

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