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outmoded

adj · verb · 4 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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adj

Meaning 1

Unfashionable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • His pipe was as outmoded as his ideas.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unfashionable, démodé, old hat, unchic, basic, cheugy, cringe, cringey, cringeworthy, dated, fossilized, inelegant, last year, normie, old, old-fashioned, old-hat, oldfangled, ossified, out, out of date, out of fashion, out of touch, outdated, outmoded, passé, rinky-dink, tacky, uncool, unhip, unpopular, unstylish, untrendy

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Obsolete.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • His outmoded word processor was a heap of junk.
  • His outmoded record player is now useless.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: obsolete, antiquated, disused, outdated, anachronistic, antediluvial, antediluvian, antique, archaic, backward, backwards, behind the times, cobwebbed, cobwebby, dated, defunct, desuete, discontinued, dootsie, elderly, extinct, expired, fossilized, Havishamesque, hoary, idle, Miss Havishamesque, mouldy, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old school, outmoded, out of date, out of fashion, outworn, parachronistic, passé, primitive, superannuated, superseded, unemployed, unoccupied, venerable, workless

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of outmode

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

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

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-fashioned, old-hat(p), passe, passee

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: старомоден (staromoden) — unfashionable
  • French: démodé — unfashionable
  • German: altmodisch — unfashionable
  • Greek: παλιομοδίτικος (paliomodítikos) — unfashionable
  • Portuguese: demodê — unfashionable
  • Romanian: demodat — unfashionable
  • Russian: старомодный (staromodnyj) — unfashionable
  • Russian: немодный (nemodnyj) — unfashionable
  • Spanish: periclitado — unfashionable
  • Spanish: pasado de moda — unfashionable
  • Spanish: demodé — unfashionable
  • Bulgarian: излязъл от употреба (izljazǎl ot upotreba) — obsolete
  • Dutch: achterhaald — obsolete
  • French: dépassé — obsolete
  • French: démodé — obsolete
  • Māori: tūnguru — obsolete
  • Portuguese: demodê — obsolete
  • Portuguese: antiquado — obsolete
  • Portuguese: ultrapassado — obsolete
  • Russian: устаревший (ustarevšij) — obsolete
  • Russian: отживший (otživšij) — obsolete
  • Spanish: anticuado — obsolete
  • Spanish: apolillado — obsolete
  • Spanish: trasnochado — obsolete