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Synonyms & Antonyms of moth-eaten
- moth-eaten scientific theories that no one's believed in ages
Synonyms for moth-eaten
- antiquated,
- archaic,
- dated,
- démodé,
- demoded,
- fossilized,
- kaput
- (also kaputt),
- medieval
- (also mediaeval),
- moribund,
- mossy,
- neolithic,
- Noachian,
- obsolete,
- out-of-date,
- outdated,
- outmoded,
- outworn,
- passé,
- prehistoric
- (also prehistorical),
- rusty,
- Stone Age,
- superannuated
Words Related to moth-eaten
- aging
- (or ageing),
- obsolescent
Near Antonyms for moth-eaten
- a man who's been wearing the same moth-eaten clothes for decades
Synonyms for moth-eaten
- beat-up,
- bombed-out,
- dilapidated,
- dog-eared,
- down-at-the-heels
- (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels),
- dumpy,
- grungy,
- mangy,
- mean,
- miserable,
- neglected,
- ratty,
- run-down,
- scrubby,
- scruffy,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- sleazy,
- tacky,
- tatterdemalion,
- tatty,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- tumbledown
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Near Antonyms for moth-eaten
- an uncle who tells the same moth-eaten stories every Thanksgiving
Synonyms for moth-eaten
- banal,
- cliché
- (also cliche),
- clichéd,
- cobwebby,
- commonplace,
- hack,
- hackney,
- hackneyed,
- musty,
- obligatory,
- shopworn,
- stale,
- stereotyped,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- tired,
- trite,
- well-worn
Words Related to moth-eaten
- canned,
- cardboard,
- conventional,
- cookie-cutter,
- derivative,
- imitative,
- ready-made,
- tried-and-true,
- unimaginative,
- uninspired,
- unoriginal
- arid,
- barren,
- boring,
- colorless,
- drab,
- dreary,
- drudging,
- dry,
- dull,
- dusty,
- flat,
- heavy,
- ho-hum,
- humdrum,
- jading,
- jejune,
- leaden,
- mind-numbing,
- monotonous,
- numbing,
- old,
- pedantic,
- pedestrian,
- ponderous,
- prosaic,
- stodgy,
- stuffy,
- tame,
- tedious,
- tiresome,
- tiring,
- undramatic,
- uninteresting,
- vapid,
- wearisome,
- weary,
- wearying
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