anachronistic

1. 1.

   chronologically misplaced

   “English public schools are anachronistic”

   Synonymsanachronicanachronous

   Similarasynchronous

Questions about anachronistic

What does anachronistic mean?

anachronistic means "chronologically misplaced".

How many syllables are in anachronistic?

anachronistic has 5 syllables: a-nach-ro-nis-tic. The stress falls on "nis". In IPA it is /əˌnækɹəˈnɪstɪk/.

What is another word for anachronistic?

Close synonyms include anachronic, anachronous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.