obsolete
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- no longer in use
- "obsolete words"
Adj
- No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer).
- Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
Verb
- To cause to become obsolete.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obsolētus (“worn out, gone out of use”), past participle of obsolēscere (“to wear out, fall into disuse, grow old, decay”); see obsolesce.
Synonyms
abortive, anachronistic, antediluvial, antediluvian, antiquate, antiquated, antique, archaic, backward, backwards, behind the times, cobwebbed, cobwebby, dated, defunct, deprecated, discontinued, disused, dootsie, elderly, expired, extinct, fossilized, Havishamesque, idle, make older, Miss Havishamesque, obscure, obsolete, old, old school, old-fashioned, oldfangled, out of date, out of fashion, outdated, outmoded, outworn, parachronistic, passé, rudimental, superannuated, superseded, unemployed, unoccupied, venerable, workless
Antonyms
active, current, employed, fashionable, future proof, in use, nascent, new, newfangled, novel, recent, up-to-date
Scrabble Score: 10
obsolete is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordobsolete is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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