archaic

Meaning of archaic

adjective
  1. very old or old-fashioned.
    prisons are run on archaic methods

mid 19th century: from French archaïque, from Greek arkhaikos, from arkhaios, from arkhē ‘beginning’.

Information about archaic

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of archaic

ar-chaic

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • archaic is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

archaic synonyms

Meaning antediluvian:

antediluvian, antiquated

Meaning primitive:

primitive

Meaning no longer produced or used; out of date:

obsolete

Meaning becoming obsolete:

obsolescent

Meaning belonging to a period other than that being portrayed:

anachronistic

Meaning old-fashioned:

outmoded

Meaning belonging to an earlier time:

bygone

Meaning old-fashioned or outdated:

antique

Meaning (of a post or employee) belonging to a superannuation scheme:

superannuated

Meaning showing or feeling signs of age or wear:

ancient

Meaning having lived for a specified length of time; of a specified age:

aged

Meaning very old or out of date:

prehistoric

Meaning (of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence:

extinct

Meaning no longer existing or functioning:

defunct

Meaning (of a product) no longer available or produced:

discontinued

Meaning get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable:

discarded

Meaning preserved to become a fossil:

fossilized

Meaning no longer alive:

dead

archaic antonyms

Meaning produced, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before:

new

Meaning relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past:

modern

Translation of archaic

Anagrams of archaic

arachic, charcia

Words that rhyme with archaic

Archaic, Trochaic, overthwartarchaic, pseudoarchaic, trochaic, untrochaic, panomphaic, strophaic, Sabbathaic

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