Synonyms of outmoded

outmoded

adjective

ˌau̇t-ˈmō-dəd 

as in obsolete

having passed its time of use or usefulness

outmoded computers that can be recycled

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obsolete
• archaic
• antiquated
• medieval
• outdated
• rusty
• out-of-date
• prehistoric
• old
• outworn
• dated
• useless
• expired
• defunct
• extinct
• discarded
• moribund
• ancient
• fossilized
• neolithic
• superannuated
• passé
• mossy
• Stone Age
• antique
• démodé
• aging
• obsolescent
• historical
• vintage
• historic
• unworkable
• moth-eaten
• unusable
• late
• Noachian
• demoded
• disused
• dead
• kaput
• retro
• vanished
• inoperable
• venerable
• antediluvian
• fusty
• old-fashioned
• inert
• past
• latent
• inoperative
• dormant
• aged
• inactive
• idle
• musty
• hoary
• former
• old-time
• free
• bygone
• atavistic
• fallow
• old-world
• erstwhile
• age-old
• oldfangled
• dateless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modern
• new
• current
• contemporary
• recent
• present-day
• up-to-date
• newfangled
• ultramodern
• fresh
• modernized
• new-fashioned
• mod
• up-to-the-minute
• operational
• functional
• workable
• operating
• operable
• functioning
• operative
• active
• refurbished
• renewed
• busy
• employed
• remodeled
• alive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of outmoded

Embossed business cards, account ledgers, bins of bolts at the hardware store—all are pleasurable physical artifacts that have been more or less outmoded by technology. — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 17 June 2026

An outmoded gasoline tax is not sought to be replaced by road pricing, the technology for which, including time-of-day pricing, is not even applied to major bridges. — George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2026

The outmoded assumption made by many doctors is that sleep apnea mainly afflicts men, and mainly overweight men. — Ken Paller, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026

Today, some of the most beloved musicals of the American theater can sometimes seem outmoded and vaguely inappropriate, since society’s standards have changed radically in the last 60 years. — Marla Jo Fisher, Daily News, 4 May 2026