antiquated

1. 1.

   so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

   “a ramshackle antediluvian tenement”

   “antediluvian ideas”

   “archaic laws”

   Synonymsantediluvianarchaic

   Similarold

Questions about antiquated

What does antiquated mean?

antiquated means "so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period".

How many syllables are in antiquated?

antiquated has 4 syllables: an-tiq-ua-ted. The stress falls on "an". In IPA it is /ˈæntəˌkweɪtɪd/.

What is another word for antiquated?

Close synonyms include antediluvian, archaic. 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.

Is antiquated a common word?

antiquated is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.