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old-fashioned

adj · noun · 5 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /oʊldˈfæʃənd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /əʊldˈfæʃənd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: OW2 L D F AE1 SH AH0 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of an object, outdated or no longer in vogue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • My bike is old-fashioned but it gets me around.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dated, oldfangled, outdated, anachronistic, antediluvial, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, backward, backwards, behind the times, cobwebbed, cobwebby, defunct, desuete, discontinued, disused, dootsie, elderly, extinct, expired, fossilized, Havishamesque, hoary, idle, Miss Havishamesque, mouldy, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, old school, outmoded, out of date, out of fashion, outworn, parachronistic, passé, primitive, superannuated, superseded, unemployed, unoccupied, venerable, workless, basic, cheugy, cringe, cringey, cringeworthy, démodé, inelegant, last year, normie, old-hat, ossified, out, out of touch, rinky-dink, tacky, unchic, uncool, unfashionable, unhip, unpopular, unstylish, untrendy

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times and the old-style ways.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • You can’t stay the night, because my parents are a bit old-fashioned.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and adding whiskey or, less commonly, brandy, served with a twist of citrus rind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A type of doughnut with a cakelike consistency and a rough surface, usually made with cultured buttermilk and chemical leaven and fried at a lower temperature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

out of fashion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a suit of rather antique appearance
  • demode (or outmoded) attire
  • outmoded ideas

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: antique, demode, ex, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From old + fashioned. The cocktail (which goes back to at least the early 1800s) got its name in the late 1800s as more complicated cocktails became common and those who preferred simpler drinks began asking for old-fashioned cocktails.

Across languages

Translations

135 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: старомо́ден (staromóden) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Burmese: ရှေ (hre) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 過時 /过时 (guòshí) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 古板 (gǔbǎn) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陳舊 /陈旧 (chénjiù) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 老式 (lǎoshì) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Danish: gammeldags — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Dutch: ouderwets — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Esperanto: malmoderna — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Esperanto: antikva — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Estonian: moest läinud — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Finnish: vanhanaikainen — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • French: démodé — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • French: vieilli — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • French: à l'ancienne — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • French: ringard — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Galician: anticuado — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Georgian: ძველმოდური (ʒvelmoduri) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • German: altmodisch — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • German: altväterlich — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • German: altväterisch — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • German: antiquiert — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • German: unmodern — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • German: unzeitgemäß — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • German: verzopft — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • German: zopfig — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Greek: παλιομοδίτικος (paliomodítikos) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Ancient Greek: ἀρχαιότροπος (arkhaiótropos) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Hebrew: מיושן — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Hungarian: ódivatú — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Hungarian: divatjamúlt — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Icelandic: gamaldags — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Ido: ekmoda — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Italian: antiquato — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Italian: sorpassato — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Italian: fuori moda — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Japanese: 昔風 (mukashi-fū) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Japanese: 旧弊 (kyūhei) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Japanese: 古臭い (furu-kusai) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Korean: 구식의 (gusigui) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Latin: priscus — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Latin: vetustus — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Luxembourgish: almoudesch — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Macedonian: старомо́ден (staromóden) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Malay: fesyen lama — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Malay: jenis lama — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Norman: dêmodé — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gammeldags — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gammaldags — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gamaldags — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gammaldags — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Polish: staroświecki — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Polish: staromodny — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Portuguese: démodé — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Portuguese: demodê — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Portuguese: antiquado — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Romanian: demodat — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Romanian: învechit — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Russian: старомо́дный (staromódnyj) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Russian: устаре́вший (ustarévšij) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Scottish Gaelic: seann-nòsach — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Scottish Gaelic: seann-fhasanta — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Serbo-Croatian: демоде̑ — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Serbo-Croatian: demodȇ — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Spanish: pasado de moda — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Spanish: anticuado — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Spanish: chapado a la antigua — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Spanish: demodé — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Spanish: vetusto — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Spanish: rancio — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Spanish: trasnochado — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Spanish: desfasado — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Swedish: gammalmodig — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Swedish: gammaldags — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Swedish: gammeldags — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Thai: คร่ําครึ (krâm kréu) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Thai: ล้าสมัย (láa sàmăi) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Turkish: eski moda — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Turkish: modası geçmiş — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Ukrainian: старомо́дний (staromódnyj) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Ukrainian: застарілий (zastarilyj) — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Vietnamese: cũ — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Vietnamese: không hợp thời trang — outdated or no longer in vogue
  • Arabic: دقّة قديمة (daʔ.ʔa ʔadīme, dag.ga gadīme) — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Armenian: հնաոճ (hnaoč) — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Bulgarian: консервативен (konservativen) — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Chinese Mandarin: 保守 (bǎoshǒu) — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Chinese Mandarin: 守舊 /守旧 (shǒujiù) — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Chinese Mandarin: 過時 /过时 (guòshí) — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Chinese Mandarin: 古板 (gǔbǎn) — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陳舊 /陈旧 (chénjiù) — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Chinese Mandarin: 封建 (fēngjiàn) — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Czech: staromódní — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Danish: gammeldags — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Dutch: ouderwets — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Estonian: vanamoodne — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Finnish: vanhanaikainen — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • French: vieux jeu — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • French: de la vieille école — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Georgian: ძველმოდური (ʒvelmoduri) — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • German: altmodisch — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Greek: παλιομοδίτης (paliomodítis) — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Ancient Greek: ἀρχαιότροπος (arkhaiótropos) — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Hebrew: מיושן — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Hungarian: régimódi — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Icelandic: gamaldags — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Italian: vecchio stile — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Japanese: 旧弊 (kyūhei) — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Macedonian: старомо́ден (staromóden) — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Malay: fesyen lama — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Malay: jenis lama — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Norwegian: gammelmodig — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gammeldags — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gammaldags — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gamaldags — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gammaldags — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Plautdietsch: ooltmoodsch — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Polish: staromodny — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Portuguese: antigo — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Portuguese: antiquado — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Portuguese: à moda antiga — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Romanian: nostalgic — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Russian: старомо́дный (staromódnyj) — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Scottish Gaelic: seann-nòsach — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Spanish: a la antigua — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Spanish: a la antigua usanza — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Spanish: pasadista — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Spanish: carca — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Spanish: de antigua estampa — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Spanish: desfasado — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Spanish: chapado a la antigua — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Swedish: gammalmodig — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Turkish: eski kafalı — preferring the customs of earlier times
  • Hebrew: קוקטייל אולד פאשן (koktel óld fáshen) — cocktail
  • Hebrew: אולד פאשנד (óld fáshend) — cocktail
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