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- pronunciation:
- ab
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ab
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
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definition 1: |
no longer in use, as a word or expression, or as a type of implement or equipment.
Many of the words used by Shakespeare have become obsolete and cannot be understood by the modern reader.The flintlock, used on early muskets and rifles, is now an obsolete mechanism.- synonyms:
- archaic, defunct, disused
- antonyms:
- alive, current
- similar words:
- dead, extinct, fossilized, old, outmoded, passé, superannuated, worn-out
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definition 2: |
no longer in style; outmoded.
Aren't those wide ties obsolete now?- synonyms:
- old-fashioned, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, unfashionable
- antonyms:
- current
- similar words:
- archaic, dated, extinct, old hat, out of date, passé, superannuated
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related words: |
antediluvian, moot, old-fashioned |
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derivations: |
obsoletely (adv.), obsoleteness (n.) |
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