anachronous

[uh-nak-ruh-nuhs] / əˈnæk rə nəs /

ADJECTIVE

outdated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

antiquated archaic obsolete old out-of-date outmoded

WEAK

antique back number dated démodé has-been moth-eaten old hat out out of style passé square tired unfashionable vintage

Antonyms

STRONGEST

contemporary current modern new present recent up-to-date young

ADJECTIVE

outdated/out-of-date

Synonyms

WEAK

antiquated antique archaic back number behind the times dated dusty démodé has-been moth-eaten musty not with it obsolete old old-hat out out of style outmoded passé square tired unfashionable vintage

Antonyms

WEAK

current fashionable modern new popular up-to-date

Example Sentences

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I like them to stalk, like the ghosts that they are—our modern passioning seems a bit anachronous in them.

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The bill was, however, returned “Ignoramus,” and the use of the name was probably anachronous.

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This superstition of witchcraft has here been strong in all eras, but it is at last becoming extinct; cretinism, as anachronous and as horrible,—a fact, not a superstition,—remains unaccounted for and unlessened.

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The "Moon of Delight" is God, eternal Polaris, anachronous never.

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