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antiquated

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈæntɪˌkweɪtɪd/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

old-fashioned, out of date

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of antiquate

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a ramshackle antediluvian tenement
  • antediluvian ideas
  • archaic laws

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: antediluvian, archaic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From antiquate + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَتِيق (ʕatīq) — old fashioned
  • Arabic: بَالٍ (bālin) — old fashioned
  • Bulgarian: остарял (ostarjal) — old fashioned
  • Bulgarian: старомоден (staromoden) — old fashioned
  • Catalan: antiquat — old fashioned
  • Chinese Mandarin: 過時的 /过时的 (guòshí de) — old fashioned
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陳舊的 /陈旧的 (chénjiù de) — old fashioned
  • Finnish: vanhanaikainen — old fashioned
  • French: vétuste — old fashioned
  • French: vieilli — old fashioned
  • German: antiquiert — old fashioned
  • German: veraltet — old fashioned
  • Ido: antiqua — old fashioned
  • Irish: seanchaite — old fashioned
  • Italian: antiquato — old fashioned
  • Japanese: 古風な (kofū na) — old fashioned
  • Korean: 구식의 (gusigui) — old fashioned
  • Portuguese: antiquado — old fashioned
  • Russian: устаре́вший (ustarévšij) — old fashioned
  • Russian: устаре́лый (ustarélyj) — old fashioned
  • Russian: старомо́дный (staromódnyj) — old fashioned
  • Serbo-Croatian: а̀нтикнӣ — old fashioned
  • Serbo-Croatian: àntiknī — old fashioned
  • Spanish: anticuado — old fashioned
  • Swedish: föråldrad — old fashioned
  • Swedish: gammalmodig — old fashioned
  • Swedish: antikverad — old fashioned
  • Swedish: urmodig — old fashioned
  • Vietnamese: cũ — old fashioned
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