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 A word is obsolete which has quite gone out of reputable use; a word is archaic which is falling out of reputable use, or, on the other hand, having been obsolete, is taken up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   ancient, antiquated, disused, obsolescent, obsolete, old, out of date, rare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   old, ancient, obsolete, antiquated, antique, by-gone, out of use, out of date, out of fashion, old-fashioned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   antiquated, outdated, obsolete, old-fashioned, outmoded, antique, ancient

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1. Donald Trump:

   I think the rules in Congress, and in particular the rules in the Senate, are unbelievably archaic and slow-moving and, in many cases, unfair.

2. Dee Hock:

   The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.

3. Zhang Hanwen:

   We didn't foresee this result, conservatively, our data refutes some recent claims regarding the role of archaic humans in wiping out prehistoric elephants, ever since big game hunting became a crucial part of our ancestors' subsistence strategy around 1.5 million years ago.

4. Sriram Sankararaman:

   We are beginning to learn more about the impact of DNA from archaic hominins on human biology, we now know that both Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA was deleterious in general but there were some genes where this DNA had an adaptive impact. For example, altitude adaptation in Tibetans was likely facilitated by a Denisovan introgressed gene.

5. Elton John:

   How dare you refer to my beautiful children as 'synthetic'. And shame on you for wagging your judgemental little fingers at IVF - a miracle that has allowed legions of loving people, both straight and gay, to fulfill their dream of having children, your archaic thinking is out of step with the times, just like your fashions. I shall never wear Dolce and Gabbana ever again.