Antiquated — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

make obsolete or old-fashioned

give an antique appearance to

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæneɪlɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈantɪkwˌeɪtɪd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈantɪkwˌeɪtɪd/

4 syllables Say it as /kˈæneɪlɚ/.

Examples

antique furniture
a ramshackle antediluvian tenement
antediluvian ideas

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

antiquate antediluvian antique archaic

Parts of Speech

verb	make obsolete or old-fashioned
verb	give an antique appearance to “antique furniture”
adjective	so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period “a ramshackle antediluvian tenement”

Word Forms

antique

noun

any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

veraltet

veraltet oder altmodisch machen

🇫🇷French

vieilli

rendre obsolète ou démodé

🇪🇸Spanish

anticuado

hacer obsoleto o pasado de moda

🇮🇹Italian

antiquato

rendere obsoleto o antiquato

🇳🇱Dutch

verouderd

verouderd of ouderwets maken

🇵🇹Portuguese

antiquado

tornar obsoleto ou antiquado

🇷🇺Russian

устаревший

сделать устаревшим или старомодным

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्राचीन

अप्रचलित या पुराने ढंग का बनाना

🇧🇩Bengali

পুরাতন

অপ্রচলিত বা সেকেলে করা

🇮🇳Tamil

பழமையான

வழக்கற்றுப் போனதாக அல்லது பழமையானதாக ஆக்கு

🇮🇳Telugu

పురాతనమైన

వాడుకలో లేని లేదా పాత పద్ధతిలో చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

पुरातन

अप्रचलित किंवा जुन्या पद्धतीचा बनवा

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રાચીન

અપ્રચલિત અથવા જૂના જમાનાનું બનાવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪುರಾತನವಾದ

ಬಳಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿಲ್ಲದ ಅಥವಾ ಹಳೆಯ ಶೈಲಿಯನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പഴകിയ

കാലഹരണപ്പെട്ടതോ പഴയ രീതിയിലുള്ളതോ ആക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੁਰਾਣੇ

ਪੁਰਾਣਾ ਜਾਂ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ ਬਣਾਉ

🇵🇰Urdu

قدیم

فرسودہ یا پرانے زمانے کا بنائیں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

过时的

使过时或过时

🇯🇵Japanese

時代遅れの

時代遅れまたは時代遅れにする

🇰🇷Korean

구식

쓸모없게 만들거나 구식으로 만들다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lỗi thời

làm cho lỗi thời hoặc lỗi thời

🇹🇭Thai

โบราณ

ทำให้ล้าสมัยหรือล้าสมัย

🇮🇩Indonesian

kuno

menjadikannya usang atau kuno

🇵🇭Filipino

lipas na

gawing laos o makaluma

🇲🇾Malay

kuno

membuat usang atau ketinggalan zaman

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عتيق

جعل عفا عليها الزمن أو قديمة الطراز

🇮🇷Persian

قدیمی

از مد افتاده یا قدیمی

🇹🇷Turkish

antika

modası geçmiş veya modası geçmiş hale getirmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְיוּשָׁן

להפוך מיושן או מיושן

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