Synonyms of anachronistic

anachronistic

adjective

variants also anachronic

as in obsolete

belonging to an earlier time period

The fashions that were all the rage just five years ago seem like anachronistic leftovers today.

Related Words

• obsolete
• antiquated
• vintage
• traditional
• historical
• historic
• antique
• forgotten
• ancient
• anachronous
• outmoded
• outdated
• old-fashioned
• quaint
• retro
• old-world
• out-of-date
• old-time
• old-school
• retrograde
• olden
• moldy
• outworn
• old-timey
• stodgy
• fusty
• dated
• past
• late
• superannuated
• venerable
• fossilized
• antediluvian
• atavistic
• passé
• rinky-dink
• hoary
• aged
• old hat
• erstwhile
• bygone
• age-old
• musty
• oldfangled
• former
• timeless
• ageless
• moth-eaten
• remote
• dateless

Dissimilar Words

• modern
• new
• contemporary
• current
• fresh
• modernistic
• modernist
• newfangled
• present-day
• up-to-date
• ultramodern
• hot
• fashionable
• new age
• stylish
• state-of-the-art
• chic
• modernized
• smart
• red-hot
• designer
• updated
• mod
• latest
• last
• new-fashioned
• space-age
• futuristic
• renewed
• nontraditional
• high-tech
• recent
• latter-day
• refurbished
• remodeled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of anachronistic

This fall marks the 20th anniversary of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, the cult classic, semi-anachronistic retelling of the young queen’s life of luxury and lovelessness in 18th-century France. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026

Even under a simple two-person dialogue, Johnnie Burn’s sound design and Daniel Pemberton’s score are jointly heavy on churning, faintly industrial noise, supplemented by suitably anachronistic rock soundtrack cuts. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026

Because the film is so anachronistic on a deep level, its surface anachronisms start to merit attention. — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026

What happened to the colonists remains unknown, but archaeological finds—including otherwise anachronistic English artifacts on Hatteras Island—give some support to White’s theory that at least some of the colonists relocated willingly. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

The law has been criticized as anachronistic and sexist and the revision sparked outrage and concern that the measure could doom the already shrinking imperial family. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Kirk made a point to fill his mis en scene with anachronistic technology items like old tape recorders and pay phones — and having access to all of Green Day’s music certainly didn’t hurt. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026

Both gleeful gore and anachronistic music have been part of Lizzie Borden pop-culture lore before. — Dan Medeiros, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

Many of them had the notion that Homer should sound archaic, perhaps because a lot of translations created their own ornate anachronistic English that had nothing to do with the language of the epics. — Literary Hub, 23 July 2026