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of old
adjective as in bygone
adjective as in old
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in olden
Weak matches
- aboriginal
- age-old
- ancient
- antediluvian
- antiquated
- antique
- archaic
- bygone
- crumbling
- dated
- decayed
- done
- démodé
- early
- erstwhile
- former
- hackneyed
- hoary
- immemorial
- late
- moth-eaten
- of yore
- old as Methuselah
- old as the hills
- old-fashioned
- old-time
- oldfangled
- once
- onetime
- original
- out-of-date
- outmoded
- passé
- past
- primeval
- primitive
- primordial
- pristine
- quondam
- relic
- remote
- rusty
- sometime
- stale
- superannuated
- time-worn
- timeworn
- traditional
- unfashionable
- unoriginal
- venerable
- worn-out
adjective as in old-fashioned
Weak matches
- antiquated
- behind the times
- bygone
- dead
- demoded
- disapproved
- dowdy
- démodé
- extinct
- grown old
- moldy
- musty
- neglected
- not current
- not modern
- not with it
- obsolescent
- obsolete
- of olden days
- of the old school
- old guard
- old-hat
- old-school
- olden
- oldfangled
- out
- out of it
- out of style
- out-of-date
- outworn
- passé
- past
- rococo
- superannuated
- unfashionable
- unstylish
- vintage
adjective as in passé
Strongest matches
adverb as in anciently
Weak matches
adverb as in formerly
Strongest matches
Strong match
Example Sentences
I am reminded of Conservative conferences of old, where a circus would accompany Boris Johnson from the railway station to each and every event he attended, in the years when it was transparently clear he was rather keen on becoming prime minister.
Foden, now 68, of Old Colwyn in Conwy county, was branded an "arrogant, controlling individual used to getting his own way" by the judge in his case.
What’s left is a spectral scene, ghosted by the limitations of old black-and-white photographic technology and further heightened by the uneven glow generated by the camera’s flashbulb.
Thousands of feet below, a smattering of old homesteads spread out like playing cards on a poker table.
To be honest I had hoped to keep this secret till I died of old age.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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