Synonyms of old-timey

old-timey

adjective

ˈōl(d)-ˈtī-mē 

as in vintage

pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time

tourists can pose for pictures wearing old-timey dresses or top hats

Synonyms & Similar Words

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• outdated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• out-of-date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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of old-timey in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

From magical powers to an old-timey aesthetic, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is reminiscent of a lot of what made Harry Potter great and satisfies that similar feeling of whimsy and woe. —Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024

The old-timey West Virginia songwriter took home Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for her LP Trail of Flowers. —Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024

The cute old-timey parlor prides itself on making its own ice cream. —Monica Eng, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024

For folks who’ve never heard of Casa Bonita, half the fun comes from discovering this low-quality, medium-concept, high-kitsch fantasyland that had so impressed Parker as a kid — an ersatz old-timey Mexican town conceived of equal parts imagination and bad taste. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024