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archaic
Meaning: very old-fashioned and no longer in common use
archaic in a sentence
How archaic is used in real sentences:
The revised law removed several archaic rules about land ownership.
The museum displayed an archaic farming tool that machines had replaced generations ago.
“The company still relied on outmoded copying presses, although newer offices used reliable typewriters, and its books bristled with archaic abbreviations that younger clerks scarcely recognized.”
— from the passage The Threads in the Ledger
Synonyms for archaic
Other words for archaic — outdated, antiquated and obsolete — carry the same meaning.
- outdated
- antiquated
- obsolete
Antonyms of archaic
Words that mean the opposite of archaic:
- modern
- current
- contemporary
Where it comes from
From Greek arkhaios, meaning 'ancient.'
Memory hook
ARCHAIC starts like ARCH: an ancient arch belongs to an earlier age.