old-fashionedadjective
uk/ˌəʊldˈfæʃ.ənd/us/ˌoʊldˈfæʃ.ənd/mainly disapprovingB1 not modern; belonging to or typical of a time in the past:
old-fashioned clothes/ideas/furniture
She's very old-fashioned in her outlook.
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- Politicians are seen as old-fashioned, corrupt and self-serving.
- It sounded like the whistle of an old-fashioned steam train.
- They have a very old-fashioned management structure.
- Rural areas have been traditionally thought of as a stronghold of old-fashioned attitudes.
- Call me old-fashioned, but I like handwritten letters.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Old or old-fashioned
- a thing of the past idiom
- age-old
- ageing
- aging
- ancient
- creaky
- feel your age idiom
- fossilized
- frumpy
- fusty
- have had its/your day idiom
- hoary
- neanderthal
- out of date
- outdated
- outmoded
- outworn
- passé
- vintage
- went out with the ark idiom
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