Thesaurus
old
Synonyms and Antonyms of old
- Every day the old fisherman set out in his small boat to brave the dangers of the sea.
long in the tooth, of a certain age
- An extremely old piece of jewelry was discovered in the Egyptian ruins.
antiquated, archaic, dated, fusty, geriatric, medieval (also mediaeval), moldy, obsolete, outmoded, out-of-date, passé
old-fashioned, old-time, old-world, retro, vintage
durable, enduring, lasting, long-lived, permanent
ageless, hallowed, time-honored, timeless, time-tested, timeworn, traditional, tried, tried-and-true
prehistoric (also prehistorical), primeval, primordial
- I ran into my old fourth-grade teacher yesterday.
- Even the most stirring speeches start to get old after you've heard them a few times.
arid, boring, colorless, drab, dreary, drudging, dry, dull, dusty, flat, heavy, ho-hum, humdrum, jading, jejune, leaden, mind-numbing, monochromatic, monotonous, numbing, pedestrian, ponderous, slow, stale, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome, weary, wearying
aseptic, barren, blah, dullish, pleasureless, prosaic, prosy, soggy, spiritless
blank, earthbound, gray (also grey), inanimate, pallid, pedantic, sterile, suspenseless, undramatic, uneventful, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspiring, unnewsworthy, unrewarding, unsensational, unspectacular
annoying, bothersome, irksome, irritating
draining, enervating, exhausting, fatiguing, wearing
demoralizing, discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting
common, commonplace, ordinary, tepid, unexceptional, unsurprising, vapid
cumbersome, lumbering, plodding, poky (or pokey)
amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, eye-opening, fabulous, marvelous (or marvellous), sensational, spectacular, surprising, wonderful, wondrous
animating, breathtaking, electrifying, energizing, enlivening, exciting, exhilarating, galvanizing, hair-raising, inspiring, invigorating, rip-roaring, rousing, stimulating, stirring, thrilling
amusing, diverting, entertaining
alluring, attracting, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating
Synonym Discussion of old
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- old houses
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- an old sweater of mine
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- ancient accounts of dragons
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- the family's venerable patriarch
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- collected antique Chippendale furniture
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- antiquated teaching methods
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- the play used archaic language to convey a sense of period
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- a computer that makes earlier models obsolete
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See words that rhyme with old Dictionary: Definition of old Spanish Central: Translation of old Nglish: Translation of old for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of old for Arabic speakers
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