NONCONTEMPORARY Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

noncontemporary

adjective

Definition of noncontemporary

as in asynchronous

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Recent Examples of noncontemporary According to showrunner Chris Van Dusen, the choice to sneakily drop contemporary music into the decidedly noncontemporary setting was meant to reflect Bridgerton's fresh take on the period romance genre as a whole. — Andrea Park, Marie Claire, 29 Dec. 2020

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Adjective

An enhanced asynchronous inference mechanism allows robots to predict future states while executing actions and continuously update decisions using real-world observations.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Offer asynchronous introductions, quiet interview tracks and structured agendas.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Definition of asynchronous

Adjective

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, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Tamil itself is no less a political construction, with public discourse and education carried out in a self-consciously archaic form of the language only half-intelligible to many speakers of its multifarious vernaculars.

— Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of archaic

Adjective

As vehicles age, OE on-board hardware becomes obsolete as cellular providers replace older technology and automakers stop investing in aging back-end stacks and features.

— Michael Harley, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
Congress empowered this group of experts because its leadership recognized obsolete military bases needed to be closed or consolidated but individual lawmakers would inevitably block any changes to protect their home state facilities.

— Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of obsolete

Adjective

On just one unchanging set, an old-time concert hall designed by Rachel Hauck and made appropriately ominous, a tiny ensemble enacts a whole Greek tragedy of love and sacrifice that goes from the land of the living to the underworld and back.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 July 2026
Beyond the coasters, Cedar Point evokes an old-time Americana spirit as the second-oldest amusement park in the country (the oldest being the delightful Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut).

— Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026

Definition of old-time

Adjective

From the first page, Satrapi questions and lampoons the antediluvian and Draconian policies of the Islamic Republic, particularly with respect to women.

— Joobin Bekhrad, Time, 10 June 2026
His stories about breaking into the New York Times conjured up a lost world that seems positively antediluvian now.

— Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2026

Definition of antediluvian

Adjective

The company’s Orick sawmill began operating in 1954 and processed ancient redwoods for 55 years before closing in October 2009.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
The disaster also prompted the study of ancient floods as a way to gauge how common large flash floods are in specific areas — a field called paleoflood hydrology.

— Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 27 July 2026

Definition of ancient

Adjective

One poorly configured smart TV or old tablet with an out-of-date OS can give attackers a foothold into everything else connected to the same router.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
The out-of-date Harold’s Chicken Shack company website lists 47 official franchise locations nationwide, primarily through brand licensing rather than a traditional, rigid corporate structure.

— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Definition of out-of-date

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