obsolete
Adjective Satellite
- no longer in use
- "obsolete words"
Adj
- No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer).
- Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
Verb
Verb Forms: obsoleted, obsoleting, obsoletes
- To cause something to become outdated or no longer used.
- To cause to become obsolete.
Examples
- His clever play managed to obsolete his opponent’s winning strategy.
- Horses became obsolete means of transportation in cities in the first half of the twentieth century.
- Speedy, worldwide, accessible delivery of news through the Web has made newspapers obsolete.
- This software component has been obsoleted.
- We are in the process of obsoleting this product.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obsolētus (“worn out, gone out of use”), past participle of obsolēscere (“to wear out, fall into disuse, grow old, decay”); see obsolesce.
Synonyms
disused, Havishamesque, Miss Havishamesque, abortive, anachronistic, antediluvial, antediluvian, antiquate, antiquated, antique, archaic, backward, backwards, behind the times, cobwebbed, cobwebby, dated, defunct, deprecated, discontinued, dootsie, elderly, expired, extinct, fossilized, idle, make older, obscure, obsolete, old, old school, old-fashioned, oldfangled, out of date, out of fashion, outdated, outmoded, outworn, parachronistic, passé, rudimental, superannuated, superseded, unemployed, unoccupied, venerable, workless
Antonyms
active, current, employed, fashionable, future proof, in use, nascent, new, newfangled, novel, recent, up-to-date
Scrabble Score: 10
obsolete: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordobsolete: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
obsolete: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary