anachronistic

Adjective Satellite

• chronologically misplaced
  • "English public schools are anachronistic"

Adj

• Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time.
• Having opinions from the past; preferring things or values of the past; behind the times; overly conservative.

Examples

• If you know where to look in the movie, you can spot an anachronistic wrist watch on one of the Roman soldiers.

Synonyms

anachronic, anachronous, anachronistic, anachronistical, antichronical, antiquated, behind the times, dated, obsolete, old-fashioned, outdated, traditional

Antonyms

historical, historically accurate, period appropriate

Related Words

anachronism, anachronist, anachronistically, archaic, chronistic, conservative, incongruent, misdate, outdated, parachronistic, prochronistic