MEDIEVAL Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

medieval

adjective

ˌmē-ˈdē-vəl

variants also mediaeval

Definition of medieval next

as in archaic

having passed its time of use or usefulness get rid of that medieval kerosene stove—it stinks and it's dangerous

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Recent Examples of medieval In the medieval era, blood feuds carried on for generations; likewise, today’s wars are often rooted in centuries of pain. —

Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 The keys don’t actually open any doors, but the tradition dates back to medieval times, when cities were secured by gates. —

Holly Yan, CNN Money, 18 June 2026 Researchers found that this type of ancient plague evolved long before bubonic plague, which was responsible for the Black Death that struck medieval Europe. —

ABC News, 17 June 2026 The bacterium that causes the plague, however, is much older than the medieval era. —

Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for medieval

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As prominent Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe and conservative jurist Michael Luttig argued, the archaic law was dangerously flawed and fundamentally ripe for partisan exploitation.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 9 June 2026
The very details that make the genre come alive—the archaic syntax, the outfits, the feelings—are the ones that haven’t survived into the present day or that the writer made up.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026