Synonyms of timeworn

timeworn

adjective

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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