to antiquate

Examples

• All

• As fashion trends change, last year's styles may antiquate.

• Outdated policies can antiquate an organization and prevent it from growing.

• However, the fine tradition of the wacky walk will never become antiquated with the imagination and creativity of Stanford students.

Synonyms

F

to fossilize

vsto antiquate

• Formal

1 6.8

Become fixed and unable to change, often about ideas or systems

means making things old-fashioned rather than rigid or unchanging

O

to obsolete

vsto antiquate

1 6.0

Make something no longer useful because something newer replaces it

focuses on making things seem old-fashioned rather than only losing usefulness

O

to outdate

vsto antiquate

4.5

To make something no longer useful or fashionable by replacing it with something newer

causes things to seem old-fashioned rather than only by replacement

S

to superannuate

vsto antiquate

• UK

9.9

To make something no longer useful when something newer replaces it

focuses on old-fashioned style rather than on unsuitability

O

to outmode

vsto antiquate

• Archaic

8.1

To make something old-fashioned or no longer useful

covers general loss of use rather than only fashion change

Antonyms

U

to update

451 2.8

Make something more modern by adding new information or changes

M

to modernize

51 4.0

To make something more up to date using new tools or ideas

How Outdated

to obsolete

1 6.0

to antiquate

9.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology