adj
Meaning 1
Now often old-school: characteristic of a method for accomplishing a task, a style, or a way of thinking that was employed in a former era, remembered either for its inferiority to the current method, or for its superiority over the new way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- That teacher’s old-school methods aren’t effective. They’re just annoying.
- Man, I love that jacket; it’s so old school.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: OG, outdated, out of date, out of fashion, anachronistic, antediluvial, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, backward, backwards, behind the times, cobwebbed, cobwebby, dated, defunct, desuete, discontinued, disused, dootsie, elderly, extinct, expired, fossilized, Havishamesque, hoary, idle, Miss Havishamesque, mouldy, obsolete, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old school, outmoded, outworn, parachronistic, passé, primitive, superannuated, superseded, unemployed, unoccupied, venerable, workless, basic, cheugy, cringe, cringey, cringeworthy, démodé, inelegant, last year, normie, old-hat, ossified, out, out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: new school, new-school