Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: archaic

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Usage examples:

After crash-landing on a dangerous, archaic, and mystical planet, Serenity and her estranged daughter, Mackenzie, pursue an energy source that may be the key to escaping.

Source: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/working-class-wizards-in-band-of-bards-january-2024-solicits/

After the clips surfaced last year, : "I have been on the receiving end of racism and that negative and archaic narratives and undertones of discrimination.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/f1-autosport/1750758/nelson-piquet-lewis-hamilton-f1-news

A reconstruction of Plesiadapis churchilli, an archaic primate believed to be related to the two recently discovered.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/archaic-primates-southern-alberta-1.6729073?cmp=rss

A trippy little mind-fuck of an anime, I’ll forgive for it’s scenes that now feel so archaic where one character has to explain to another what The Internet is.

Source: https://411mania.com/movies/stews-top-50-first-time-watches-in-2022-40-31/

Because it preserves an archaic tradition that caters to the mountain man machismo, self-reliant, homesteader-imagery, romantic bullcrap?

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/04/09/norm-vandal-love-recreational-trapping-how-about-an-experiment/

Dating back to the archaic times in Ireland, Celtic storytelling traditions have centered on various forms of fairies and monsters.

Source: https://screenrant.com/horror-movies-celtic-folklore/

During the stream that warranted this first punishment, Greekgodx went on a controversial tirade about his dating standards for women, which many labeled as archaic and chauvinistic.

Source: https://gamerant.com/twitch-biggest-bans-2022-adin-ross-jidion-destiny-gambling/

“Get that language under control, get it modern, get it plain language, clean up that archaic 1930s grammar where you have run-on sentences and 20,000 clauses … just making it into a format that’s readable in the 21st century.”

Source: https://www.mcall.com/2023/10/26/pa-s-election-code-is-badly-outdated-that-could-have-serious-consequences-in-2024/

Homo naledi is an extinct species of archaic human that lived in southern Africa about 250,000 to 300,000 years ago.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2023/06/07/crocodile-impregnated-itself-scientists-discover.html

"If there is probably one regret we can formulate going back to 2015, is some of those system changes where systems are archaic going back to the 1960s … investments probably should have been made at the outset."

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/new-immigration-minister-against-persistent-ircc-problems-1.6930020?cmp=rss

It replaces the archaic Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933, with a comprehensive framework, and is a step in the right direction.

Source: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/editorial/telecom-bill-innovative-but-raises-privacy-concerns/article67671557.ece

"It's a very archaic way, almost a 1980s way of working," Papineau said of the Quebec-imposed verification process.

Source: https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/national/quebec-airbnb-deadlocked-on-illegal-rentals-as-montreal-begins-its-own-crackdown/article_1f8459ef-64aa-52db-9c13-8aa21f47ddca.html

It’s time for Montreal and McGill to stop reinforcing archaic notions of tradition such as pedestrians and public transit.

Source: https://www.mcgilltribune.com/opinion/mcgill-needs-fewer-pedestrians-and-more-cars-04112023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mcgill-needs-fewer-pedestrians-and-more-cars-04112023

It’s ugly and purposefully archaic but also captivating and immersive in a way that has nothing to do with its graphics or storytelling.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/01/etrian-odyssey-origins-collection-review-atlus-hidden-jrpg-gem-18877600/

Maya Singer Hobbs, senior research fellow at the IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research), said: “Leasehold is an archaic and unfair part of the UK housing system.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23907057.ban-put-creation-new-leasehold-houses-england-wales/?ref=rss

Ms. Thernstrom characterized Ms. Berger, whom she met through her son, a friend, as “the kind of old-fashioned matchmaker who used to exist all over but is now regarded as a kind of archaic angel.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/style/florence-berger-dead.html

Mwamba said Zambia is a democracy and the abuse of archaic and colonial laws to punish the Opposition must come to an end.

Source: https://www.muvitv.com/2023/05/lubinda-arrested-for-breach-of-parliamentary-privileges/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lubinda-arrested-for-breach-of-parliamentary-privileges

Parish clerk, Hannah Harwood, said potentially people had been put off by "archaic" rules that required candidates to make the 20-mile trip to Weston-super-Mare and hand their nomination papers to North Somerset Council's offices.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-64175159?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Striking rail workers are fighting to keep an archaic regulation which allows them to receive full pay for time off if they 'use a microwave at work'.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12081233/Striking-rail-workers-fighting-pay-time-use-microwave-work.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

That's the point; Yorkshire dialect, especially archaic, obscure dialect words, can sound like gibberish.

Source: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/history/spot-real-yorkshire-words-among-28188602