Synonyms for obsolete
ˌɒb səˈlit, ˈɒb səˌlitob·so·lete

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1. obsoleteadjective

   no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject).

   In several years, it is speculated that the Internet's speedy delivery of news worldwide will make newspapers obsolete.

   Synonyms:
   old-fashioned, neglected, ancient, antiquated, disused, antique, archaic, out of date, old

2. obsoleteadjective

   Synonyms:
   abortive, obscure, rudimental

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1. obsolete

   Some of the oldest or most ancient words are not obsolete, as father, mother, etc. A word is obsolete which has quite gone out of reputable use; a word is archaic which is falling out of reputable use, or, on the other hand, having been obsolete, is taken up tentatively by writers or speakers of influence, so that it may perhaps regain its position as a living word; a word is rare if there are few present instances of its reputable use. Compare OLD.

   See synonyms for NEW.

   Synonyms:
   ancient, antiquated, archaic, disused, obsolescent, old, out of date, rare

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1. obsolete

   Synonyms:
   antiquated, past, effete, disused, archaic, old-fashioned

   Antonyms:
   fashionable, modern, current, customary, operative, extant

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1. disused, obsoleteadjective

   no longer in use

   "obsolete words"

   Synonyms:
   disused

   Antonyms:
   current

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. passe

   having passed its time of use or usefulness

   Submitted by @Muskan on December 28, 2020  

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1. obsoleteadjective

   Synonyms:
   antiquated, disused, neglected, unfashionable, old-fashioned, out of date, fallen into desuetude

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1. obsoleteadjective

   Synonyms:
   disused, archaic, antiquated, unfashionable, old-fashioned

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1. List of paraphrases for "obsolete":

   outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, stale, antiquated, obsoleta, out-dated, archaic, lapsed, old-fashioned, deprecated, anachronistic, old, obsolescent, dilapidated, tattered

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1. Charles Richard:

   We are down to two of a particular switch that is required to go in the launch control centers, nobody knows how to make it anymore. It's obsolete.

2. Kendra Armstrong:

   It’s absolutely ludicrous to make the term mother and father obsolete, quite frankly, the terms ‘ Parent 1 ’ and ‘ Parent 2 ’ seem more offensive than mother and father. It’s implying that one parent is the first parent and the other parent is secondary.

3. George Bernard Shaw:

   What we call education and culture is for the most part nothing but the substitution of reading for experience, of literature for life, of the obsolete fictitious for the contemporary real.

4. Vatsal Surti:

   The question of purpose and meaning becomes obsolete when you think beyond human life.

5. Eddy Vataru:

   From where I sit obviously money is very cheap right now and bond prices reflect a full-blown recession, but I don't think that's in the offing, we are going through a weak patch now but it feels like as the days pass and it's clear that inflation is not obsolete, the market will have to re-price for that.