The lady persisted in wearing such an old-fashioned shirt.
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Old-fashioned
//oʊldˈfæʃənd//
Synonyms for "old-fashioned" (177 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Adjective(16 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (53)
Related words (88)
oldold hatold lineold worldold-fogyishold-lineold-timeold-timeyold-worldoldfangledon the shelfopposed to changeoutout of fashionout of seasonout of useout-of-dateoutdatedoutmodedoutworn
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More general
1 entriesderived
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
135 translations across 45 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀρχαιότροπος adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- ἀρχαιότροπος adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Arabic
1 entries- دقّة قديمة adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Armenian
1 entries- հնաոճ adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Bulgarian
2 entries- консервативен adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- старомо́ден adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Burmese
1 entries- ရှေ adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 保守 adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- 古板 adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- 古板 adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- 守舊 /守旧 adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Czech
1 entries- staromódní adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Danish
2 entries- gammeldags adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- gammeldags adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Dutch
2 entries- ouderwets adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- ouderwets adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Esperanto
2 entries- antikva adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- malmoderna adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Estonian
2 entries- moest läinud adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- vanamoodne adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Finnish
2 entries- vanhanaikainen adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- vanhanaikainen adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
French
4 entries- de la vieille école adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- démodé adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- ringard adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- vieilli adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Galician
1 entries- anticuado adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Georgian
2 entries- ძველმოდური adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- ძველმოდური adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
German
4 entries- altmodisch adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- altmodisch adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- altväterisch adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- altväterlich adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Greek
2 entries- παλιομοδίτης adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- παλιομοδίτικος adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Hebrew
4 entries- מיושן adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- מיושן adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- אולד פאשנד noun (cocktail)
- קוקטייל אולד פאשן noun (cocktail)
Hungarian
3 entries- divatjamúlt adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- régimódi adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- ódivatú adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Icelandic
2 entries- gamaldags adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- gamaldags adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Ido
1 entries- ekmoda adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Italian
4 entries- antiquato adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- fuori moda adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- sorpassato adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- vecchio stile adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Japanese
4 entries- 古臭い adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- 旧弊 adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- 旧弊 adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- 昔風 adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Korean
1 entries- 구식의 adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Latin
2 entries- priscus adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- vetustus adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- almoudesch adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Macedonian
2 entries- старомо́ден adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- старомо́ден adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Malay
4 entries- fesyen lama adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- fesyen lama adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- jenis lama adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- jenis lama adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Norman
1 entries- dêmodé adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Norwegian
1 entries- gammelmodig adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- gammaldags adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- gammaldags adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- gammeldags adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- gammeldags adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- gamaldags adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- gamaldags adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- gammaldags adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- gammaldags adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- ooltmoodsch adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Polish
3 entries- staromodny adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- staromodny adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- staroświecki adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Portuguese
4 entries- antigo adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- antiquado adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- antiquado adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- demodê adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Romanian
3 entries- demodat adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- nostalgic adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- învechit adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Russian
3 entries- старомо́дный adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- старомо́дный adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- устаре́вший adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- seann-fhasanta adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- seann-nòsach adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- seann-nòsach adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- demodȇ adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- демоде̑ adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Spanish
4 entries- a la antigua adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- a la antigua usanza adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- anticuado adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- carca adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
Swedish
4 entries- gammaldags adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- gammalmodig adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- gammalmodig adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- gammeldags adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Thai
2 entries- คร่ำครึ adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- ล้าสมัย adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Turkish
3 entries- eski kafalı adj (preferring the customs of earlier times)
- eski moda adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- modası geçmiş adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Ukrainian
2 entries- застарілий adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- старомо́дний adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cũ adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
- không hợp thời trang adj (outdated or no longer in vogue)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
When I called him right-wing, I mean that his thinking is old-fashioned.
Source: tatoeba (260907)
My father is a bit old-fashioned.
Source: tatoeba (319278)
Mother has old-fashioned ideas.
Source: tatoeba (320833)
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