Synonyms for archaic
ɑrˈkeɪ ɪkar·cha·ic

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1. archaic

   Some of the oldest or most ancient words are not obsolete, as father, mother, etc. A word is obsolete which has quite gone out of reputable use; a word is archaic which is falling out of reputable use, or, on the other hand, having been obsolete, is taken up tentatively by writers or speakers of influence, so that it may perhaps regain its position as a living word; a word is rare if there are few present instances of its reputable use. Compare OLD.

   See synonyms for NEW.

   Synonyms:
   ancient, antiquated, disused, obsolescent, obsolete, old, out of date, rare

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1. antediluvian, antiquated, archaicadjective

   so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

   "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"

   Synonyms:
   antiquated, primitive, antediluvial, antediluvian

   Antonyms:
   late, new, later(a)

2. archaic, primitiveadjective

   little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

   "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"

   Synonyms:
   naive, antiquated, primitive, crude, rude, antediluvian

   Antonyms:
   late, new, later(a)

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1. passe

   having passed its time of use or usefulness

   Submitted by @Muskan on December 28, 2020  

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1. archaicadjective

   Synonyms:
   old, ancient, obsolete, antiquated, antique, by-gone, out of use, out of date, out of fashion, old-fashioned

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1. List of paraphrases for "archaic":

   antiquated, outdated, obsolete, old-fashioned, outmoded, antique, ancient

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How to use archaic in a sentence?

1. Storme Warren:

   I think creativity is at an all time high and it’s an archaic definition to us to label [songs as] pop or country. i think this is a cyclical argument and discussion we seem to have it when there’s a need for creativity. It always seems to be a fight that country has gone too pop, and it goes back to ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s we have as brand new argument over the same dilemma.

2. Heather Lydia Thornhill:

   Galactic light gathers around you fulfilling your body with archaic blessings of the highest rhelms of love.

3. Meenakshi Ganguly:

   The Transgender Persons Bill offers the promise of both changing archaic laws and thinking about transgender people in India, the government has taken the first steps to providing transgender people legal protections. Now it needs to strengthen the draft to ensure good intentions are turned into a reality.

4. John Galliano:

   How dare you refer to my beautiful children as 'synthetic'. And shame on you for wagging your judgmental little fingers at IVF ... Your archaic thinking is out of step with the times, just like your fashions.

5. Fran Lebowitz:

   Girls who put out are tramps. Girls who don't are ladies. This is, however, a rather archaic usage of the word. Should one of you boys happen upon a girl who doesn't put out, do not jump to the conclusion that you have found a lady. What you have probably found is a lesbian.