Synonyms of timeworn

timeworn

adjective

ˈtīm-ˌwȯrn 

1

as in dilapidated

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect

the wooden steps to the timeworn cottage had rotted and several shutters were missing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dilapidated
• neglected
• tattered
• shabby
• abandoned
• tatty
• tumbledown
• scruffy
• tired
• grungy
• mangy
• threadbare
• ragged
• desolate
• miserable
• seedy
• tacky
• dumpy
• beat-up
• ratty
• scrubby
• down-at-heel
• down-at-the-heels
• dog-eared
• gone to seed
• broken
• sleazy
• down-at-the-heel
• moth-eaten
• run-down
• ruined
• bombed-out
• tatterdemalion
• down-at-heels
• mean
• damaged
• decrepit
• wrecked
• unkept
• dingy
• rickety
• forlorn
• ramshackle
• decaying
• worn-out
• deteriorated
• destroyed
• broken-down
• deteriorating
• bedraggled
• godforsaken
• rackety
• injured
• hurt
• rattletrap
• impaired
• harmed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• new
• fresh
• brand-new
• maintained
• kept-up
• reconstructed
• mended
• patched
• rebuilt
• cared-for
• spiffy
• smart
• spruce

2

as in cliche

used or heard so often as to be dull

I'm sick of the timeworn "How you've grown!" every time she sees me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cliche
• stereotyped
• tired
• hackneyed
• shopworn
• commonplace
• old
• obligatory
• clichéd
• trite
• cliché
• typical
• usual
• well-worn
• stale
• banal
• threadbare
• musty
• boring
• hackney
• hack
• cobwebby
• cardboard
• conventional
• tiring
• moth-eaten
• standard
• dull
• dusty
• derivative
• ordinary
• tried-and-true
• platitudinous
• weary
• heavy
• imitative
• unimaginative
• normal
• wearying
• uninspired
• bromidic
• rote
• ready-made
• unoriginal
• pedestrian
• prosaic
• drab
• dry
• tiresome
• old-fashioned
• routine
• tame
• monotonous
• stodgy
• wearisome
• stock
• vapid
• tedious
• humdrum
• uninteresting
• twice-told
• canned
• leaden
• ponderous
• barren
• cookie-cutter
• dreary
• pedantic
• arid
• jejune
• colorless
• stuffy
• numbing
• undramatic
• flat
• platitudinal
• old hat
• ho-hum
• mind-numbing
• drudging
• jading

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• new
• original
• fresh
• novel
• unhackneyed
• exciting
• interesting
• intriguing
• stimulating
• involving
• riveting
• energizing
• unfamiliar
• animating
• engaging
• absorbing
• engrossing
• unusual
• gripping
• strange
• extraordinary
• uncommon
• unclichéd
• unknown
• atypical
• enlivening
• unheard-of
• galvanizing
• unprecedented
• unaccustomed
• invigorating
• pioneering
• pathbreaking
• trailblazing

Examples of timeworn in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are the timeworn protests that making bigger sizes is too hard and too expensive. —Kara Richardson Whitely, Outside Online, 5 Dec. 2022

Mitchell says that modern pieces, with their harder edges and cleaner lines, marry so well to burnished, timeworn antiques. —Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2022

Like all genres, forest horror traffics in a number of timeworn tropes. —Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2022

To be sure, many recent witch novels explore timeworn themes: Witches are distrusted and feared and must conceal themselves from the world. —Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022