Thesaurus / old-time
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYL
The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
About this time the famous Philippine painter, Juan Luna (vide p. 195), was released after six monthsʼ imprisonment as a suspect.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
I hate to be long at my toilette at any time; but to delay much in such a matter while travelling is folly.
His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
Now, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any one time.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYL
Vicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
Arches more graceful in form, or better fitted to defy the assaults of time, I have never seen.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEY
WORDS RELATED TO OLD-TIME
- aboriginal
- age-old
- ancient
- antediluvian
- antiquated
- antique
- archaic
- bygone
- cast-off
- crumbling
- dated
- decayed
- demode
- done
- early
- erstwhile
- former
- hackneyed
- hoary
- immemorial
- late
- moth-eaten
- of old
- 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- out-of-date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
- anachronistic
- antediluvian
- antiquated
- antique
- archaic
- behind the times
- bent
- bygone
- dated
- dead
- dinosaur
- disused
- démodé
- extinct
- fossilized
- has-been
- horse and buggy
- moldy
- moth-eaten
- musty
- obsolescent
- obsolete
- old-hat
- old-time
- olden
- out
- out-of-date
- out-of-style
- outworn
- passé
- superannuated
- superseded
- tired
- unfashionable
- unstylish
- unusable
- vintage
- ancient
- antiquated
- antique
- archaic
- behind the times
- bygone
- corny
- dated
- dead
- demoded
- disapproved
- dowdy
- démodé
- extinct
- fusty
- grown old
- moldy
- musty
- neglected
- not current
- not modern
- not with it
- obsolescent
- obsolete
- odd
- of old
- of olden days
- of the old school
- old
- old-fangled
- old-hat
- old-time
- olden
- oldfangled
- out
- out of it
- out of style
- out-of-date
- out-of-style
- outdated
- outmoded
- outworn
- passé
- past
- primitive
- rococo
- superannuated
- unfashionable
- unstylish
- vintage
- ancient
- antiquated
- antique
- archaic
- behind the times
- bygone
- corny
- dated
- dead
- demoded
- disapproved
- dowdy
- démodé
- extinct
- fusty
- grown old
- moldy
- musty
- neglected
- not current
- not modern
- not with it
- obsolescent
- obsolete
- odd
- of old
- of olden days
- of the old school
- old
- old-fangled
- old-hat
- old-time
- olden
- oldfangled
- out
- out of it
- out of style
- out-of-date
- out-of-style
- outdated
- outmoded
- outworn
- passé
- past
- primitive
- rococo
- superannuated
- unfashionable
- unstylish
- vintage
- adept
- battle-scarred
- been around
- disciplined
- exercised
- expert
- from way back
- hardened
- inured
- knows one's stuff
- long-serving
- long-time
- not born yesterday
- of the old school
- old
- old-time
- practical
- practiced
- pro
- proficient
- skilled
- sophisticated
- steady
- trained
- up to speed
- versed
- vet
- weathered
- wise
- wise to ways
- worldly
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.